Dillinger, Anniversary Edition

Discussing Depression-era outlaws, this book provides an account of John Dillinger's life and crimes. It is filled with illustrations and information from FBI files and other sources. Suitable for crime buffs, it presents a slice of American history.

Auteur

G. Russell Girardin had a successful career as the head of an advertising agency. He died mere months after showing William J. Helmer the long-forgotten manuscript on Dillinger.
William J. Helmer is author of The Gun That Made the Twenties Roar and other books on the gangland era. He lives in Boerne, Texas.
Rick Mattix is author (with William J. Helmer) of Public Enemies: America's Criminal Past, 1919-1940. He lives in Bussey, Iowa.

Résumé
The story of one of America's most notorious criminals

Contenu

Contents
Foreword by Rick Mattix
Preface to the 75th Anniversary Edition
About the Book
Preface
I.

1. The Twig Is Bent
2. The Quality of Mercy
3. "And every man's hand"
4. The Gang Attains Maturity
5. A Florida Vacation
6. Prosecutor Estill Poses for a Picture
   II.
7. Piquett Takes the Case
8. The Vanishing American
9. Wooden Gun, Indiana
10. How Dillinger Did It
    III.
11. Enter Uncle Sam
12. Storm in the Midwest
13. Homecoming
14. Slaughter of Innocents
15. The Safest Place in America
    IV.
16. Loeser Whets His Knife
17. Dillinger Goes to the Park
18. The Private Life of a Public Enemy
19. The Last Raid of the Dillinger Gang
20. Piquett Falls from Grace
    V.
21. The Woman in Red
22. KILL DILLINGER HERE!
23. The Battle of Barrington
24. Piquett Pays the Price
25. Casualties
    Epilogue
    A Dillinger Chronology
    Chicago Hideouts and Hangouts
    Gravesites of Gang Members
    After the Facts: Further Investigations by William J. Helmer
    A Dillinger Miscellany Prepared by Rick Mattix and William J. Helmer
    Acknowledgments
    Sources
    Index