Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
by Bryan Burrough
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Author: Bryan BurroughEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-29
ISBN: 0143115863
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: 4.5 Stars: A comprehensive guide to the Depression-era gangsters.
Summary: 4 Stars
They've become immortalized in Hollywood: the charming John Dillinger, the young lovers Bonnie & Clyde, the scheming Ma Barker. Their stories have entertained generations on the silver screen and in legend. Naturally, most of the stories you've heard are untrue: Dillinger was an egotist, Bonnie & Clyde were border-line psychopathic, and Ma Barker was far from a criminal mastermind (and, compared to the other gangsters of the era, wasn't even a real outlaw). Hollywood loves a good story; you have to wonder why they don't stick closer to the truth, especially when it's this interesting?
Thankfully, Bryan Burrough paints a realistic picture of the most infamous gangsters of the 1930s: John Dillinger, Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow, the Barker-Karpis Gang, Pretty Boy Floyd, and George "Baby Face" Nelson, as well as all of their known associates. The result is a book packed with information, almost too much so; it's a very slow read, as readers try to absorb all the information Burrough throws their way. Don't get me wrong: the book is very well written and genuinely suspenseful; it just strains a bit beneath the weight of its own ambitions, much like the outlaws it chronicles. This is still a highly recommended book for anyone interested in this era; to think, most of the book's events fall within a two-year time span. PUBLIC ENEMIES is a well-researched, well-written, and absolutely thrilling look at an infamous time in American history, and is a must-read for anyone who has any illusions about the grandeur of a life of crime.
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