dillinger, john

"During the 1930s, United States citizens made bank robber John Dillinger and many of his crew their anti-heroes or heroes. These good-looking, sharply-dressed, gentlemen bandits robbed banks, somethimes burning mortgage documents to save townspeople from losing their homes. During a time of abject poverty, when the government was seen as the enemy who could not understand the average citizen's plight, the Dillinger Gang became superstars, eventually to be paid homage in film in nearly every decade since"--Back cover.

Draws upon hundreds of interviews to describe the thirteen-month bank-robbing spree of John Dillinger and gang in the 1930s, and discusses the exploits of other outlaw-era figures including Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, and Baby Face Nelson.

An account of the robberies and killings by John Dillinger and his gang, and his death by FBI agents.

Chronicles the year-long crime spree by twentieth-century outlaw John Dillinger that brought him fame but ended in his death.