Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
of Bryan Burrough
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In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hooverâs FBI to tell the full storyâfor the first timeâof 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 Hooverâs G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBIâs rise to power.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 640 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date June 28th 2005
- First Publication 07/15/04
- Language English
- ISBN 9780143035374
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Chicago, Illinois (United States)']
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