Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34Penguin, 2009 M04 29 - 624 pages In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI to tell the full story—for the first time—of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young Hoover and the assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. In an epic feat of storytelling and drawing on a remarkable amount of newly available material on all the major figures involved, Burrough reveals a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld and demonstrates how Hoover’s G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBI’s rise to power. |
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... JIMMY 6 THE STREETS OF CHICAGO 7 AMBUSHES 8 “AN ATTACK ON ALL WE HOLD DEAR” 9 A STAR IS BORN 10 DILLINGER AND NELSON 11 CRESCENDO 12 DEATH IN THE NORTH WOODS 13 “AND IT'S DEATH FOR BONNIE AND CLYDE” 14 NEW FACES 15 THE WOMAN IN ORANGE ...
... JIMMY 6 THE STREETS OF CHICAGO 7 AMBUSHES 8 “AN ATTACK ON ALL WE HOLD DEAR” 9 A STAR IS BORN 10 DILLINGER AND NELSON 11 CRESCENDO 12 DEATH IN THE NORTH WOODS 13 “AND IT'S DEATH FOR BONNIE AND CLYDE” 14 NEW FACES 15 THE WOMAN IN ORANGE ...
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... Jimmy Murray. The Dillinger Gang 4. Torogo on. Thorn 1971, *P* ow Horow. so Joo. Also: Paula Harmon, Wynona Burdette, William Weaver, Charles Fitzgerald, Willie Harrison. Also: Arthur O'Leary, investigator; Jimmy Probasco, safe house ...
... Jimmy Murray. The Dillinger Gang 4. Torogo on. Thorn 1971, *P* ow Horow. so Joo. Also: Paula Harmon, Wynona Burdette, William Weaver, Charles Fitzgerald, Willie Harrison. Also: Arthur O'Leary, investigator; Jimmy Probasco, safe house ...
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America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 Bryan Burrough. Also: Arthur O'Leary, investigator; Jimmy Probasco, safe house owner; Polly Hamilton; and Ana Sage.
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 Bryan Burrough. Also: Arthur O'Leary, investigator; Jimmy Probasco, safe house owner; Polly Hamilton; and Ana Sage.
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... Jimmy Burnell, whom he would later introduce around St. Paul, the gang robbed a Nebraska bank in a hail of gunfire. One gang member was killed, and Karpis began thinking of safer ways to make money. It made him open to the idea of the ...
... Jimmy Burnell, whom he would later introduce around St. Paul, the gang robbed a Nebraska bank in a hail of gunfire. One gang member was killed, and Karpis began thinking of safer ways to make money. It made him open to the idea of the ...
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Contents
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
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A STAR IS BORN 10 DILLINGER AND NELSON 11 CRESCENDO 12 DEATH IN THE NORTH WOODS 13 AND ITS DEATH FOR BONNIE ... | |
PRAISE | |
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