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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... head of the Internal Revenue Service's aggressive investigative arm, which could boast of its 1931 toppling of Capone. That spring, Hoover launched a vigorous lobbying campaign to keep his job and to position himself for something more ...
... head of the Internal Revenue Service's aggressive investigative arm, which could boast of its 1931 toppling of Capone. That spring, Hoover launched a vigorous lobbying campaign to keep his job and to position himself for something more ...
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... head, and, as an afterthought, scooped up $5,000. For his place in history Green earned an 1866 date with a noose. The first organized bank robbery in peacetime, an 1866 raid in Liberty, Missouri, was carried out by a ragtag band of ...
... head, and, as an afterthought, scooped up $5,000. For his place in history Green earned an 1866 date with a noose. The first organized bank robbery in peacetime, an 1866 raid in Liberty, Missouri, was carried out by a ragtag band of ...
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... head. “Here they are again,” he said. Dillinger gave Shaw a look. “You guys have started the company collecting [our cash],” the manager said. “And the collector just left.” There was no money in the registers. Dillinger stalked out of ...
... head. “Here they are again,” he said. Dillinger gave Shaw a look. “You guys have started the company collecting [our cash],” the manager said. “And the collector just left.” There was no money in the registers. Dillinger stalked out of ...
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... head and shoulders. Her stockings began melting into her legs. Panicking, she screamed for Clyde to kill her. Clyde, ignoring the flames, wrapped his arms around Bonnie and, with the farmers' help, finally managed to pull her free. Her ...
... head and shoulders. Her stockings began melting into her legs. Panicking, she screamed for Clyde to kill her. Clyde, ignoring the flames, wrapped his arms around Bonnie and, with the farmers' help, finally managed to pull her free. Her ...
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... head straight home. He tried to look brave. He would not beg for his life. “Yeah, I know,” Clyde said, his voice heavy and tired. “You'd run your legs off getting to a phone.” “What're you gonna do with 'em?” Buck asked. “Want 'em ...
... head straight home. He tried to look brave. He would not beg for his life. “Yeah, I know,” Clyde said, his voice heavy and tired. “You'd run your legs off getting to a phone.” “What're you gonna do with 'em?” Buck asked. “Want 'em ...
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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