Public Enemies: The True Story of America's Greatest Crime Wave - Bryan Burrough

Public Enemies: The True Story of America's Greatest Crime Wave is a non-fiction account of the FBI's 'War on Crime' of the early 1930s and the famous bankrobbers the Feds found themselves at war with. John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Ma Barker are still well known names, even if few of them really deserve to be. A film adaptation of this was made recently, but unfortunately it was directed by Michael Mann, and looks to have been seriously miscast, so in this case I'd stick with the book. The crime spree grew out of the Depression and was fairly rural. Apart from Chicago, the robbers rarely messed ...  Read the complete review