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Public Enemies; America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

Public Enemies; America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

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Public Enemies; America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Bryan Burrough

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0143035371
ISBN 13
9780143035374
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New York, NY: Penguin Books , 2005 Penguin Books, New York. 2005. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light edge and tip wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 592 pp 8vo. This book tells of the two-year battle between J. Edgar Hoover and the motley crew of criminal masterminds who became national icons; John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barker-Karpis gangs. With fresh material, the author pulls together all the strands to reveal and intricate web of interconnections within the vast American underworld and shows how Hoover's G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBI's rise to power. A clean very presentable copy.

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In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to tell the full storyfor the first timeof 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 Hoovers G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBIs rise to power.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Public Enemies; America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
Author
Bryan Burrough
Format/Binding
Soft cover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0143035371
ISBN 13
9780143035374
Publisher
Penguin Books
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Date Published
2005
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords
FBI, G-men, Untouchables, J. Edgar Hoover, underworld, American crime underworld, John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, the Barker-Krpis gang, crime, murder, bank robberies, jail breaks, police, sheriffs,
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