Public enemies : America's greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI, 1933-34 / Bryan Burrough.
Presents the story of the spectacular crime wave that gave birth to the FBI and the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover and an assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers.
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- ISBN: 1594200211 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xiv, 592 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2004.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-570) and index. |
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Subject: | Crime > United States > History > 20th century. Criminals > United States > History > 20th century. United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation > History. |
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