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Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 |  | Author: Bryan Burrough
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 110560
Media: Paperback
Edition: Mti Rep
Pages: 624
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0143115863
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.97309043
EAN: 9780143115861
ASIN: 0143115863
Publication Date: April 29, 2009
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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 and 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 secured the FBI's rise to power.
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 thrilling June 17, 2010
John H. Niers (davenport, iowa USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw this book, and after seeing the movie, had to read it. Well, as they always say, the book was much better than the movie, and they are right. This was a difficult book to put down, and I found myself reading it well in to the night, even sneaking in to another room to reach just another chapter. The information on the crimes were terrific, and they even had the tiniest detail including people's names. Who could have gathered all this information is beyond me, but this book was enjoyable from the first page to the last. Excellent history reference on the times. I always thought Bonnie and Clyde were famous, but they really became infamous after their deaths.
 Wide-reaching history of some amazing characters, much better than the movie May 27, 2010
Kurt Conner (South Hadley, MA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the most entertaining history books I have ever read. Burrough does a terrific job blending the narratives for five or six criminal organizations that bounced around the United States during the Depression. He expertly summarizes tens of thousands of pages of FBI files and makes the professionalization of the FBI the common thread that drives the separate stories. It is entertaining to see the way Burrough's tone alternates between exasperated disdain for Hoover and his political moves to fawning praise for the bravery of the outclassed individual agents. He is a bit harsh at times in pointing out clues that the original investigators missed, considering that he has the benefit of seventy years of history to know which names and places were actually significant, but his ultimate picture of the FBI is a positive one. As for the Dillinger stories themselves, I loved Burrough's novelist style in presenting, for example, the fear and confusion of a raid on Little Bohemia, but Dary Matera has a more exhaustive and personal account of the outlaw for interested readers. As far as presenting an epic portrait of the whole political and social landscape while Dillinger and his contemporaries roamed, though, this book is without equal.
 Avoid the abridged audio version May 21, 2010
non-impulse buyer (Maryland, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The abridged audio version does not do justice to this book. I have read other books by this author, and I enjoy his flowing prose and rich detail. The abridged version is disjointed and confusing. It omits so much material that it is difficult to follow the story. There are awkward pauses by the narrator. I like to listen to books while I commute, but unfortunately that is not a good option with this book. If you want to enjoy the book, I suggested reading an unabridged version.
Wonderful book, Very Well Researched, Well Written May 20, 2010
Douglas W. Allen (Indiana,USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Burrough's book is addicting! I honestly could not put it down and lost sleep because of it. I have been reading 30's true crime for years,especially all the main players in this book.If this book was a tv show it would be just as interesting as the Sopranos the way he puts all the characters in different situations at same time in different parts of the country. He really did his homework on this and if you get into the 30's Bankrobbers and Bandits ya gotta have this!
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-1934 March 4, 2010
R. Schultz (Springfield, MO United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Amazing read that keeps you literally on the edge of your seat throughout. Well written, easy to comprehend and exciting as well. What I love about the book is that a great deal of it takes place in the area where I live (southwest Missouri) or where I often travel (midwest). With the beauty of the internet today I found that I've driven past the graves of Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Ma Barker and had no idea. It's also very cool to be able to literally view pictures and videos, like the Kunkelman film from Mason City IA, which makes the book even that more real. Kudos to the author for a job well done. Highly recommend this title.
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