| Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the Fbi, 1933-34 Contributor(s): Burrough, Bryan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143035371 ISBN-13: 9780143035374 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: Both a hugely satisfying entertainment and a groundbreaking work with powerful echoes in today's news, Burrough's account of America's greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI is the definitive history of America's first war on crime. Black-and-white photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Law Enforcement - True Crime | Organized Crime |
| Dewey: 364.973 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.92" W x 8.48" (1.13 lbs) 640 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |