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Dillinger's Wild Ride - The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One (Hardcover)
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Dillinger's Wild Ride - The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One (Hardcover)
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In an era that witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws like Baby
Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger
was the most famous and flamboyant of them all. Reports on the man
and his misdeeds--spiced with accounts of his swashbuckling bravado
and cool daring--provided an America worn down by the Great
Depression with a salacious mix of sex and violence that proved
irresistible.
In Dillinger's Wild Ride, Elliott J. Gorn provides a riveting
account of the year between 1933 and 1934, when the Dillinger gang
pulled over a dozen bank jobs, and stole hundreds of thousands of
dollars. A dozen men--police, FBI agents, gangsters, and
civilians--lost their lives in the rampage, and American newspapers
breathlessly followed every shooting and jail-break. As Dillinger's
wild year unfolded, the tale grew larger and larger in newspapers
and newsreels, and even today, Dillinger is the subject of pulp
literature, serious poetry and fiction, and films, including a new
movie starring Johnny Depp. What is the power of his story? Why has
it lingered so long? Who was John Dillinger? Gorn illuminates the
significance of Dillinger's tremendous fame and the endurance of
his legacy, arguing that he represented an American fascination
with primitive freedom against social convention. Dillinger's story
has much to tell us about our enduring fascination with outlaws,
crime and violence, about the complexity of our transition from
rural to urban life, and about the transformation of America during
the Great Depression.
Dillinger's Wild Ride is a compulsively readable story with an
unforgettable protagonist.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2009 |
First published: |
June 2009 |
Authors: |
Elliott J Gorn
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Dimensions: |
245 x 165 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-530483-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
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LSN: |
0-19-530483-7 |
Barcode: |
9780195304831 |
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