false 6627859 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 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.

]]> 57882 11 56390 2004 Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 total:451|5:139|4:211|3:82|2:14|1:5| 451 1818 918 135 32587 4.03 1314 300 65967958 1159765 6460985 0143115863 9780143115861 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585m/6460985.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585s/6460985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6460985-public-enemies 3.96 51 Coming in Summer 2009, the major motion picture from Universal Studios

“ ludicrously entertaining” (Time), Public Enemies is the story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an 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, 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.]]> 2004 0 0 false Mon Aug 03 03:07:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 03:07:31 -0700 2009 http://www.theleadmiamibeach.com/2009/07...

Public Enemies

The Film Opens This Weekend, But Have You Read the Book?

By John Hood

It’s unlikely that even the most holed-up prison escapee hasn’t heard that Michael Mann’s rip-roaring Public ...more...]]> 73468396 88424 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 381 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.

]]> 2004 4 0 false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:11:43 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:26:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 66030921 1677868 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

]]> 2004 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 12:59:56 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:00:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 53492693 275922 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

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]]> 2004 5 0 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 05:15:24 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 19:40:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68359833 1309606 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

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]]> 2004 5 0 false Sat Jul 11 11:00:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:14:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54536889 2248421 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

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Wrong.

I tore through this book in three days, comp...more...]]> 72090699 2760597 6512203 0141042583 9780141042589 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6512203-public-enemies 4.25 8 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.

]]> 2004 5 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 03:53:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 23:34:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79757973 365703 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

]]> 2004 4 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 08:32:26 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 05:39:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 70131753 1420571 6512203 0141042583 9780141042589 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6512203-public-enemies 4.03 451 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.

]]> 2004 4 0 false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 04:25:07 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 21:49:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 53694509 656082 1750923 1594200211 9781594200212 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187730169m/1750923.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187730169s/1750923.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1750923.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 3.80 5 Vanity Fair contributor Bryan Burrough brings to life the most spectacular crime wave in American history: the two-year battle between J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers.

In 1933, police jurisdictions ended at state lines, the FBI was in its infancy, the highway system was spreading, fast cars and machine guns were easily available, and a good number of the thirteen million Americans who were out of work blamed the Great Depression on the banks. In short, it was a wonderful time to be a bank robber. On hand to take full advantage was a motley assortment of criminal masterminds, sociopaths, romantics, and cretins, some of whom, with a little help from J. Edgar Hoover, were to become some of the most famous criminals in American history.

Bryan Burrough's grandfather once set up roadblocks in Alma, Arkansas, to capture Bonnie and Clyde. He didn't catch them. Burrough was suckled on stories of the crime wave, and now, after years of work, he succeeds where his grandfather failed, capturing the stories of Bonnie and Clyde, Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and the rest of the FBI's nemeses, weaving them into a single enthralling account. For more than forty years, the great John Toland's Dillinger Days has stood as the only book that provides the entire big picture of this fabled moment in American history. But an extraordinary amount of new material has come to light during those forty years, a good deal of it unearthed by Burrough in the course of his own research, and Public Enemies reveals the extent to which Toland and others were fed the story the FBI wanted them to tell. The circles in which the "public enemies" moved overlapped in countless fascinating ways, large and small, as Burrough details. The actual connections are one thing; but quite another is the sense of connectedness Hoover created in the American public's mind for his own purposes. Using the tools of an increasingly powerful mass media, Hoover waged an unprecedented propaganda campaign, working the press, creating "America's Most Wanted" list, and marketing the mystique of the heroic "G-men" that successfully obscured an appalling catalog of professional ineptitude. When the FBI gunned down John Dillinger outside a Chicago movie theater in the summer of 1934, Hoover's ascent to unchecked power was largely complete.

Both a hugely satisfying entertainment and a groundbreaking work with powerful echoes in today's news, Public Enemies is the definitive history of America's first War on Crime.]]> 2004 4 0 false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 04:49:36 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 07:37:39 -0700 2009 1
Anyway, sometimes it's interested to examine the types of books that ...more...]]> 63303544 2050903 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

]]> 2004 5 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 11:51:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 16:18:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51445937 149347 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

]]> 2004 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 20:59:03 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 16:56:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61628226 335000 6460985 0143115863 9780143115861 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585m/6460985.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585s/6460985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6460985-public-enemies 4.03 451 Coming in Summer 2009, the major motion picture from Universal Studios

“ ludicrously entertaining” (Time), Public Enemies is the story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an 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, 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.]]> 2004 5 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:19:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:25:32 -0700 2009 Devil in the White City as one of the most compelling nonfiction books I've ever read. I missed a train stop reading it, which is about the highest compliment I could give. :) It's obviously well-researched, and not just the events but the environment is rendered beautifu...more...]]> 67174775 177581 6460985 0143115863 9780143115861 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585m/6460985.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585s/6460985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6460985-public-enemies 4.03 451 Coming in Summer 2009, the major motion picture from Universal Studios

“ ludicrously entertaining” (Time), Public Enemies is the story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an 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, 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.]]> 2004 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 20:04:03 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:52:43 -0700 2009
Public Enemies focu...more...]]> 63733138 2033420 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

]]> 2004 4 0 false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:42:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:54:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 74170536 2585481 6460985 0143115863 9780143115861 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585m/6460985.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585s/6460985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6460985-public-enemies 4.03 451 Coming in Summer 2009, the major motion picture from Universal Studios

“ ludicrously entertaining” (Time), Public Enemies is the story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an 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, 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.]]> 2004 4 0 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 11 10:37:53 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 09:21:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 62693207 1741894 6460985 0143115863 9780143115861 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585m/6460985.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652585s/6460985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6460985-public-enemies 4.03 451 Coming in Summer 2009, the major motion picture from Universal Studios

“ ludicrously entertaining” (Time), Public Enemies is the story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an 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, 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.]]> 2004 4 0 false Wed Jul 08 17:27:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:32:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 39591425 732970 57882 0143035371 9780143035374 108 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084m/57882.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170481084s/57882.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57882.Public_Enemies_America_s_Greatest_Crime_Wave_and_the_Birth_of_the_FBI_1933_34 4.03 451 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.

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