Leading The Dillinger Gang
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Leading The Dillinger Gang The Lives And Legacies Of John Dillinger And Baby Face Nelson
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2013-10-15
Leading The Dillinger Gang The Lives And Legacies Of John Dillinger And Baby Face Nelson written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-15 with categories.
*Comprehensively covers the two outlaws' most notorious shootouts and robberies, their relationship, and their deaths. *Includes pictures of Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and important people and places in their lives. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here." - John Dillinger "He had a baby face. He was good looking, hardly more than a boy, had dark hair and was wearing a gray topcoat and a brown felt hat, turned down brim." -The wife of Chicago Mayor Big Bill Thompson describing the man who attacked her and stole her jewelry in October 1930. America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation in previous centuries. The early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. After the Civil War, the outlaws of the West were more popular than the marshals, with Jesse James and Billy the Kid finding their way into dime novels. And at the height of the Great Depression in the 1930s, there were the "public enemies," common criminals and cold blooded murderers elevated to the level of folk heroes by a public frustrated with their own inability to make a living honestly. Two months after Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration in 1933, a petty thief who had spent almost a decade behind bars for attempted theft and aggravated assault was released from jail. By the end of the year, that man, John Dillinger, would be America's most famous outlaw: Public Enemy Number One. From the time of his first documented heist in early July 1933, until his dramatic death in late July of the following year, he would capture the nation's attention and imagination as had no other outlaw since Jesse James. America saw in Dillinger what it wanted to see, and even his death seemed scripted for Hollywood. The man who became Public Enemy Number One after the deaths of John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd was Lester Joseph Gillis, whose alias "George Nelson" eventually gave way to the nickname "Baby Face Nelson." Despite the almost playfully innocent nickname, and the fact that he was not as notorious as two of his partners in crime, Dillinger and Floyd, Baby Face Nelson was the worst of them all. In an era where the outlaws were glorified as Robin Hood types, Baby Face was a merciless outlier who pulled triggers almost as fast as he lost his temper. By the time fate caught up with Baby Face Nelson in November 1934 at the "Battle of Barrington," a shootout that left his body riddled with nearly 20 bullet holes, he was believed to have been responsible for the deaths of more FBI agents than anybody else in American history. It was a distinction he would have appreciated; during one bank robbery, Baby Face Nelson gleefully screamed "I got one!" after shooting police officer Hale Keith several times. Due to his association with Dillinger and his own crime spree, Baby Face Nelson became a fixture of pop culture and was the main character in a few Hollywood films two decades after his death. Though he is not remembered as colorfully as Dillinger or Bonnie and Clyde, he is often remembered paradoxically as being a devoted family man who even had his wife and children on the run with him. Leading the Dillinger Gang looks at the lives and crimes of the two outlaws, including their time together running the Dillinger gang, and it also analyzes their legacies. Along with pictures of the outlaws and important people, places, and events in their lives, you will learn about Dillinger and Baby Face like never before.
The Dillinger Days
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Author : John Toland
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2023-02-28
The Dillinger Days written by John Toland and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-28 with True Crime categories.
A deeply researched account of Depression-era criminals who roamed the Midwest by the Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times–bestselling author. John Dillinger and his compatriots’ crime spree lasted a little over a year in the 1930s and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Dillinger’s bank robberies—and his ability to elude both a half-dozen state police forces and the FBI—kept Americans riveted during this bleak economic period. In this book, the author of the classic The Rising Sun chronicles Dillinger’s 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 Dillinger’s violent death outside a Chicago movie house, this true-crime story is told with great depth and vivid detail. “This is the famed Dillinger’s 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.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Rise And Fall Of The Dillinger Gang
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Author : Jeffery S. King
language : en
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Release Date : 2005
The Rise And Fall Of The Dillinger Gang written by Jeffery S. King and has been published by Cumberland House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Shining a light into the dark years of the Depression, King delivers a historical treatment of the career of the members of the Dillinger gang along with individual member biographies.
Chasing Dillinger
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Author : Ellen Poulsen
language : en
Publisher: Exposit
Release Date : 2018-08-14
Chasing Dillinger written by Ellen Poulsen and has been published by Exposit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Indiana State Police Captain Matt Leach led the hunt for John Dillinger during the violent early 1930s. Pushing a media campaign aimed at smoking out the fugitive, Leach elevated Dillinger to unprecedented notoriety. In return, Dillinger taunted him with phone calls and postcards, and vowed to kill him. Leach's use of publicity backfired, making him a pariah among his fellow policemen, and the FBI ordered his firing in 1937 for challenging their authority. This is the first full-length biography of the man.
John Dillinger
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Author : Roger Harrington
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2017-07-10
John Dillinger written by Roger Harrington and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-10 with categories.
JOHN DILLINGER - Public Enemy: Americas Most Notorious Gangsters In the period following World War 1, America enjoyed a period of extreme prosperity. The "Roaring Twenties" saw a boost in industry and production, as well as a new, more relaxed lifestyle. Americans indulged in hot jazz music, illegal speakeasies, and reckless spending. America could not go on giving credit to people who bought over-inflated stocks for companies that were over-producing their products. The bubble had to burst. London's stock market crashed on September 20th, 1929, leading to a panic in America. Stocks were shaky, and the economy was on the verge of tanking. Despite numerous attempts to inject capital into stocks to save the economy, as was done during the 1907 crisis, the market still fluctuated uneasily. Individuals and companies alike began to sell their stock at a rapid rate. Outlaws like Bonnie and Clyde, and "Pretty Boy" Floyd became heroes in the eyes of the American people. These people rolled up to banks and demanded money; a feat that many destitute Americans dreamed they could do. The robbers were considered Robin Hood type characters; giving the evil, rich banks what they deserved after treating their customers so poorly. However, these thieves weren't stealing from the rich to give to the poor, as Robin Hood did, they were stealing from the rich to line their own pockets. Nevertheless, as newspapers continued to report on the exploits of the outlaws they became celebrities in their own right; as recognizable and idolized as any movie star. It was the perfect environment for the handsome, charming, and cunning John Dillinger to round up a gang of robbers and take the American banks by storm. Once America's most wanted, this is the story of John Dillinger, one of the most ruthless outlaws ever to have lived.
Dillinger
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Author : George Russell Girardin
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-31
Dillinger written by George Russell Girardin and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The inside story of one of America's most notorious criminals
The Dillinger Gang
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Author : Jeffery S. King
language : en
Publisher: Cumberland House
Release Date : 2009-06-01
The Dillinger Gang written by Jeffery S. King and has been published by Cumberland House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-01 with Criminals categories.
Utilizing FBI files, court records, and other primary sources, the lives and careers of these nine major members of the Dillinger Gang are revealed: John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter, Eddie Green, Harry Pierpont, Charley Makely, Russell Lee Clark, John Hamilton, and Thomas Carroll.
Dillinger The Hidden Truth Reloaded
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Author : Tony Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Dillinger The Hidden Truth Reloaded written by Tony Stewart and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Running With Dillinger
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Author : Edward Butts
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2008-02-12
Running With Dillinger written by Edward Butts and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book picks up where The Desperate Ones: Canada’s Forgotten Outlaws left off. Here are more remarkable true stories about Canadian crimes and criminals — most of them tales that have been buried for years. The stories begin in colonial Newfoundland, with robbery and murder committed by the notorious Power Gang. As readers travel across the country and through time, they will meet the last two men to be hanged in Prince Edward Island, smugglers who made lake Champlain a battleground, a counterfeiter whose bills were so good they fooled even bank managers, and teenage girls who committed murder in their escape from jail. They will meet the bandits who plundered banks and trains in Eastern Canada and the West, and even the United States. Among them were Same Behan, a robber whose harrowing testimony about the brutal conditions in the Kingston Penitentiary may have brought about his untimely death in "The Hole"; and John "Red" Hamilton, the Canadian-born member of the legendary Dillinger gang.
Dillinger S Wild Ride
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Author : Elliott J. Gorn
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-29
Dillinger S Wild Ride written by Elliott J. Gorn and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Presents an account of the activities of the Dillinger gang in 1933 and 1934 when they robbed over a dozen banks.