by Bryan Burrough · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141042589
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«Public Enemies» is Bryan Burrough's true crime essay on the great crime wave of 1933, published by Penguin in paperback (640 pages, in English).
In 1933 a crime wave shook the United States: gangs of robbers, driven by cheap liquor and fast cars, became legends. John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, and Ma Barker are its protagonists, alongside J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI in their pursuit.
'Film Tie-in' edition linked to the movie adaptation, published by Penguin in June 2009.
For true crime and social history readers interested in organized crime of the interwar period and the origins of the FBI.
Bryan Burrough is an American journalist and author of eight books, including four New York Times best-sellers, the Wall Street classic Barbarians at the Gate ; Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34; The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Families; and Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth His most recent book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, was published by Penguin Press in June 2025.
