Edgar Rice Burroughs 
Mucker [EPUB ebook] 

Billy Byrne is a low class American born in Chicago’s ghetto. He grows up a thief and a mugger. "Billy was a mucker, a hoodlum, a gangster, a thug, a tough." He is not chivalrous nor kind, and has only meager ethics – never giving evidence against a friend or leaving someone behind. He chooses a life of robbery and violence, disrespecting those who work for a living. He has a deep hatred for wealthy society. (Wikipedia)