Public Enemies: The True Story of America's Greatest Crime Wave

by Bryan Burrough

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In 1933, a crime wave blazed across America. Fuelled by cheap liquor and fast cars, gangs of chancers, bank robbers, gunslingers and their molls cut a murderous, cash-snatching dash through the US - and became legends. Among them were homicidal Baby Face Nelson, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, cranky hillbilly Ma Barker and, most deadly of all, the suave gentleman criminal John Dillinger. This is the breakneck story of America's most wanted, and their nemesis: J. Edgar Hoover and his strong-arm law enforcers, the agents of the FBI. Using shocking secret files and eyewitness accounts, "Public Enemies" reveals the facts about the crime spree that shook America.
  • ISBN10 0141042583
  • ISBN13 9780141042589
  • Publish Date 4 June 2009 (first published 1 July 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 10 May 2010
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Edition Film tie-in ed
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 640
  • Language English