Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
By Bryan Burrough
By Bryan Burrough
By Bryan Burrough
By Bryan Burrough
Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Politics
Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Politics
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Paperback $20.00
Jun 28, 2005 | ISBN 9780143035374
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Praise
“Brims with vivid portraiture … Excellent true crime.” The New York Times Book Review
“An amazingly detailed true-life thriller…” Entertainment Weekly
“It is hard to imagine a more careful, complete and entrancing book on the subject, and on this era.” The Washington Post
“[A] riveting true-crime tale… Fascinating… The real story, it turns out, is much better than the Hollywood version.” The Wall Street Journal
“Spellbinding… A model of narrative journalism and [a] gripping read.” BusinessWeek
Table Of Contents
Author’s Note
Cast of Characters
Prologue
A Prelude to War, Spring 1933 1
A Massacre by Persons Unknown, June 8 to June 15, 1933 19
The College Boys Take the Field, June 17 to July 22, 1933 51
The Baying of the Hounds, July 22 to August 25, 1933 71
The Kid Jimmy, August 18 to September 25, 1933 98
The Streets of Chicago, October 12 to November 20, 1933 135
Ambushes, November 20 to December 31, 1933 162
“An Attack on All We Hold Dear,” January 2 to January 28, 1934 183
A Star is Born, January 30 to March 2, 1934 206
Dillinger and Nelson, March 3 to March 29, 1934 234
Crescendo, March 30 to April 10, 1934 267
Death in the North Woods, April 10 to April 23, 1934 292
“And It’s Death for Bonnie and Clyde,” April 23 to May 23, 1934 323
New Faces, May 24 to June 30, 1934 362
The Woman in Orange, July 1 to July 27, 1934 388
The Scramble, July 23 to September 12, 1934 417
A Field in Ohio and a Highway in Illinois, September 18 to November 27, 1934 446
The Last Man Standing, December 3, 1934 to January 20, 1935 484
Pas de Deux, January 1935 until… 515
Epilogue 543
Bibliographical Essay 553
Notes 556
Selected Biography 567
Acknowledgements 571
Index 573
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