Description
Author: Melvin H. Purvis
Publisher: Hillman 157
Year: 1960 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.35
Condition: Book Grades Very Good. Light wear
Genre: Non Fiction/True Crime
Pages: 159
40126030E
Key Details and Summary
- The Pursuit: Purvis details the high-stakes, violent manhunt for Depression-era gangsters who terrorized the Midwest, focusing on bank robberies, police killings, and the FBI’s response.
- Dillinger’s End: The book provides firsthand insights into the surveillance and final shootout of John Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago.
- Law Enforcement Viewpoint: Written from the perspective of the man known as the “Number One G-Man,” it offers an inside look at the Bureau’s operations.
- Context: It captures the cultural obsession with criminals who targeted banks during the Depression and the, at times, reluctant public support for law enforcement, notes.
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