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About this author

Coauthor of:
The Complete Public Enemy Almanac;
Public Enemies: America's Criminal Past, 1919-1940;
The Public Enemies Handbook (in progress)

Contributor to:
The Quotable Al Capone;
Dillinger: The Untold Story;
Thompson, The American Legend: The First Submachine Gun

Owner, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of On the Spot Journal
www.onthespotjournal.com/journal.html

Author of numerous articles on historical crime

Consultant to various television and radio crime documentaries.


Average rating: 4.12 · 82 ratings · 6 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors
Dillinger: The Untold Story...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions
The Complete Public Enemy A...
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4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007
The Complete Public Enemy A...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007
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Ma the Life and Times of Ma...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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Death of a G-Man (History)
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