A review by martha_w
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the Fbi, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough

5.0

A fantastic read about the bank-robbing gangs of the 1930s. Burrough thoroughly researched this book about the Barkers, Bonnie & Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger (including newly released FBI files). The book is also the story (as the subtitle suggests) of the beginnings of the FBI and its rise to prominence. Burrough writes in such an engaging way that it practically reads as a novel.