Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

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gptkbp:instanceOf book
gptkbp:adaptation Public Enemies (film)
gptkbp:author gptkb:Bryan_Burrough
gptkbp:awards gptkb:New_York_Times_Bestseller
gptkbp:contemporary crime rates
public perception of crime
law_enforcement_practices
gptkbp:criticalReception positive
gptkbp:focus gptkb:FBI
crime wave
gptkbp:genre non-fiction
gptkbp:historicalContext Great Depression
Prohibition
gptkbp:influenced The Great Gatsby
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
gptkbp:influences crime literature
American_history
gptkbp:ISBN 978-1594200072
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:narrativeStyle historical narrative
journalistic
gptkbp:notableEvent bank robberies
shootouts
capture of criminals
FBI_raids
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:John_Dillinger
gptkb:Baby_Face_Nelson
gptkb:J._Edgar_Hoover
Pretty Boy Floyd
gptkbp:pageCount 464
gptkbp:publisher Penguin Press
gptkbp:releaseYear 2004
gptkbp:setting gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:theme law enforcement
crime and justice
American_culture