A deeply researched account of Depression-era criminals who roamed the Midwest by the Pulitzer Prizeāwinning, New York Timesābestselling author.
John Dillinger and his compatriotsā crime spree lasted a little over a year in the 1930s and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Dillingerās bank robberiesāand his ability to elude both a half-dozen state police forces and the FBIākept Americans riveted during this bleak economic period.
In this book, the author of the classic The Rising Sun chronicles Dillingerās short criminal career and the exploits of other outlaws of the time . The eminent twentieth-century historian conducted hundreds of interviews and visited banks, jail cells, and other relevant sites in thirty-four states. Leading up to Dillingerās violent death outside a Chicago movie house, this true-crime story is told with great depth and vivid detail.
āThis is the famed Dillingerās story, a compendium as well of the murderous doings of compatriots like Ma Barker, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie Parker, the Barrow Brothers, and a host of other hip-shooting, car-stealing bank robbers who made underworld American history in the Depression. . . [A] brutal yet colorful book.ā āKirkus Reviews