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Jul 15, 2004 · 5,851 ratings551 reviews. 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 ...
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Jul 22, 2004 · AMERICA’S GREATEST CRIME WAVE AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI, 1933-34. A rollicking, rat-a-tat ride with Clyde Barrow, Ma Barker, and a raft of inept (but a few first-rate) G-men. Though J. Edgar Hoover argued otherwise—and wrote gainsayers out of the official histories—his fledgling FBI was a thoroughly politicized bureaucracy just like any ...
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American in 1933 was in the depths of the Great Depression. While most people plodded along trying to eek out a living, a flamboyant few who turned to crime became celebrities because of the daring nature of their deeds and the creativity of newspaper writers. Bank robbers like John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, kidnappers like the Barker-Karpis ...
Previous books on this subject tended to focus on one outlaw or group of outlaws rather than the entire period. Also, until relatively recently, the FBI’s files on this period were not available to researchers. Burrough states his central aim in writing this book was to “reclaim the War on Crime for the lawmen who fought it.” He does an excellent j...
Public Enemiesis both informative and entertaining. At times, it reads more like an adventure novel than history. Burrough also does a commendable job of keeping the large cast of major and supporting characters straight. He also corrects some misinformation that arose either from FBI distortions or highly exaggerated newspaper accounts. The result...
Aug 14, 2001 · PUBLIC ENEMIES THE HOST OF AMERICA’S MOST WANTED TARGETS THE NATION’S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS. by John Walsh with Philip Lerman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 14, 2001. If you’ve seen Walsh’s show, you’ve already read the book.
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Apr 29, 2009 · Public Enemies by Bryan Burroghs triumphs by simply being everything you needed to know on the subject of the birth of the FBI and its war on crime, mainly the groups of outlaws who made a short lived career of robbing banks throughout the United States during the Depression.
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"ludicrously entertaining" (Time), Public Enemies is the story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover and his FBI, 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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The story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI 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.
