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

Bryan Burrough

ISBN 10: 0143035371 / ISBN 13: 9780143035374

Published by Penguin Books, New York, NY, 2005

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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. Seller Inventory # 011546

Bibliographic Details

Title: Public Enemies; America's Greatest Crime ...

Publisher: Penguin Books, New York, NY

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and the author of three previous books. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, he is a three-time winner of the John Hancock Award for excellence in financial journalism. Burrough lives in Summit, New Jersey, with his wife and their two sons.