Public Enemies

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

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Law Enforcement, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, True Crime
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Author: Bryan Burrough ISBN: 9781101032749
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: April 29, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Bryan Burrough
ISBN: 9781101032749
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: April 29, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

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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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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