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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.
Penguin Books Ltd (UNITED KINGDOM) | |
2009 | |
9780141042589 | |
PAPERBACK - 624 Pages |
Average rating (1 review)
I hope the film is as good as the book...
andee1075 | 04/07/2009 | See all andee1075's reviews (1) »
This book charts the rise and fall of the most famous Depression-era bank robbers, Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, the Barker-Karpis Gang, and the efforts of the fledgling FBI to capture these "Public Enemies" dead or alive.
The book begins with the Kansas City Massacre and takes us through the lives of all the major bank robbers to their capture or death. The story is told in date order, interweaving each narrative flawlessly.
It's a highly entertaining and breathless read, one I haven't been able to put down since I bought it.
