Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the Fbi, 1933-34 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143035374)

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.

Author: Bryan Burrough
ISBN-10: 0143035371
ISBN-13: 9780143035374
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2005
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.92w x 1.11d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 69 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended
New York Times 08/14/2005 pg. 24