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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... Richetti. But Richetti's gang proved hapless, and by the spring of 1933, Floyd had withdrawn from bank robbing altogether, preferring to spend his days baking pies in his cousins' kitchens. Only when several of his relatives were ...
... Richetti. But Richetti's gang proved hapless, and by the spring of 1933, Floyd had withdrawn from bank robbing altogether, preferring to spend his days baking pies in his cousins' kitchens. Only when several of his relatives were ...
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... Richetti said goodbye to their family and friends and headed to Kansas City. At dawn, they were driving north on Highway 16, a rough road heading out of Springfield, Missouri, when the Pontiac they had stolen from Joe Hudiberg's garage ...
... Richetti said goodbye to their family and friends and headed to Kansas City. At dawn, they were driving north on Highway 16, a rough road heading out of Springfield, Missouri, when the Pontiac they had stolen from Joe Hudiberg's garage ...
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... Richetti opened the hood. Adam unscrewed a Mason jar of moonshine and began drinking. Floyd eyed him with disgust. He had repeatedly warned Richetti to watch his drinking. It made him sloppy. Before long a group of car salesmen, freshly ...
... Richetti opened the hood. Adam unscrewed a Mason jar of moonshine and began drinking. Floyd eyed him with disgust. He had repeatedly warned Richetti to watch his drinking. It made him sloppy. Before long a group of car salesmen, freshly ...
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... Richetti slid behind the wheel. As they drove off, Floyd hollered out the window to Richetti's brother: “You can have my car, Joe!” Richetti steered the sedan west, streaking out of town. “You know the roads,” he yelled at Killingsworth ...
... Richetti slid behind the wheel. As they drove off, Floyd hollered out the window to Richetti's brother: “You can have my car, Joe!” Richetti steered the sedan west, streaking out of town. “You know the roads,” he yelled at Killingsworth ...
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... Richetti, whose moonshine swigging made Floyd nervous. To the sheriff's surprise, Floyd was downright chatty. For his part, Killingsworth did his best to help the two outlaws. He was acutely aware of the shootout that would ensue if ...
... Richetti, whose moonshine swigging made Floyd nervous. To the sheriff's surprise, Floyd was downright chatty. For his part, Killingsworth did his best to help the two outlaws. He was acutely aware of the shootout that would ensue if ...
Contents
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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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