Elliott J Gorn

Dillinger's Wild Ride

The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One

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Produktbeschreibung

In an era that had witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws, John Dillinger had been the most famous and flamboyant of them all. Gorn provides a riveting account of the period between 1933 and 1934, when the Dillinger gang robbed more than a dozen banks.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780195304831
• ISBN-10: 0195304837
• Artikelnr.: 25839551

Autorenporträt

Elliott J. Gorn is Professor of History and American Studies at Brown University. He is the author of The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America and Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, among other books.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Preface
1: He Would Try Hard to be a Man
2: The Farmer Turns Gangster
3: John Dillinger, Houdini of the Outlaws
4: "Pulling That Off was Worth Ten Years of My Life"
5: Dillinger Land
6: "You Can't Get Away With It"
Epilogue: Dillinger's Ghost
Notes
Index