Dillinger's wild ride :: the year that made America's public enemy number one /

In an era that witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws like Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger was the most famous and flamboyant of them all. Reports on the man and his misdeeds--spiced with accounts of his swashbuckling bravado and cool daring--provided an Ame...

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Main Author: Gorn, Elliott J., 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2009.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In an era that witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws like Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger was the most famous and flamboyant of them all. Reports on the man and his misdeeds--spiced with accounts of his swashbuckling bravado and cool daring--provided an America worn down by the Great Depression with a salacious mix of sex and violence that proved irresistible. In Dillinger's Wild Ride, Elliott J. Gorn provides a riveting account of the year between 1933 and 1934, when the Dillinger gang pulled over a dozen bank jobs, and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-253) and index.
ISBN:9780199719488
0199719489
9780199839971
0199839972

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