Dillinger: The Untold Story - Softcover

Girardin, Russell; Helmer, William J.; Mattix, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253216338 ISBN 13: 9780253216335

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2005

Synopsis

While researching a book on Depression-era outlaws, "Playboy" editor William J. Helmer stumbled upon a 600-page manuscript on John Dillinger. Written in the 1930s, by G. Russell Girardin but never published, "Dillinger: The Untold Story" is a remarkable contemporary account of Dillinger's life and crimes, based in part on information given to Girardin by the outlaw's lawyer, Louis Piquett, not long after Dillinger's death. Though a series of articles by Girardin and Piquett appeared in the "Hearst" newspapers at the time, the big book manuscript remained yellowing on the shelf for half a century, until Helmer met Girardin and agreed to help get it into print. Packed with illustrations and new information from FBI files and other sources, "Dillinger: The Untold Story" is an authentic slice of American history, and a feast for true crime buffs. This new paperback edition features a new Preface by crime historian Rick Mattix, and updates to the commentary by William J. Helmer.

About this title

About the Author

G. Russell Girardin had a successful career as the head of an advertising agency. He died just months after showing William J. Helmer the long-forgotten manuscript on Dillinger.

William J. Helmer is author of The Gun That Made the Twenties Roar and other books on the gangland era. He lives in Boerne, Texas.

Rick Mattix is co-author (with William J. Helmer) of Public Enemies: America's Criminal Past, 1919--1940. He lives in Bussey, Iowa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253216338
• ISBN 13: 9780253216335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400