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

Burrough, Bryan

ISBN 10: 1594200211 / ISBN 13: 9781594200212

Published by The Penguin Press, New York, 2004

About this Item

The book has some minor surface wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
• Publisher: The Penguin Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594200211
• ISBN 13: 9781594200212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History
  • True Crime
  • FBI

About this title

Synopsis

An analysis of Depression-era bank robbery and its most notorious figures recounts the stories of such individuals as Bonnie and Clyde, Dillinger, and Baby Face Nelson, discussing the factors that influenced the period's crime rates, the formation and early work of the FBI, and the contributions of J. Edgar Hoover. 125,000 first printing.

About the Author

Bryan Burrough is the coauthor of Barbarians at the Gate and the author of Dragonfly and Vendetta. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.