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 Penguin, New York, 2004

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Bound in the publisher's original red quarter cloth and paper over boards, spine stamped in black. Boards and dust jacket rubbed at the edges and extremities, sunned at the spine. Seller Inventory # 9021407

Bibliographic Details

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

Publisher: Penguin, New York

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Dust Jacket Condition: very good

Edition: 1st.

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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.

Review:

Brims with vivid portraiture ... Excellent true crime. ("The New York Times Book Review") An amazingly detailed true-life thriller... ("Entertainment Weekly", A) It is hard to imagine a more careful, complete and entrancing book on the subject, and on this era. ("The Washington Post") [A] riveting true-crime tale... Fascinating... The real story, it turns out, is much better than the Hollywood version. ("The Wall Street Journal") Massively researched, ludicrously entertaining.("Time ") Spellbinding... A model of narrative journalism and [a] gripping read. ("BusinessWeek")

"Brims with vivid portraiture ... Excellent true crime." --The New York Times Book Review

"An amazingly detailed true-life thriller..." --Entertainment Weekly

"It is hard to imagine a more careful, complete and entrancing book on the subject, and on this era." --The Washington Post

"[A] riveting true-crime tale... Fascinating... The real story, it turns out, is much better than the Hollywood version." --The Wall Street Journal

"Spellbinding... A model of narrative journalism and [a] gripping read." --BusinessWeek

-Brims with vivid portraiture ... Excellent true crime.- --The New York Times Book Review

-An amazingly detailed true-life thriller...- --Entertainment Weekly

-It is hard to imagine a more careful, complete and entrancing book on the subject, and on this era.- --The Washington Post

-[A] riveting true-crime tale... Fascinating... The real story, it turns out, is much better than the Hollywood version.- --The Wall Street Journal

-Spellbinding... A model of narrative journalism and [a] gripping read.- --BusinessWeek