Bryan Burrough

An analysis of Depression-era bank robbery and its most notorious figures discusses the factors that influenced the period's crime rates, the formation and early work of the FBI, and the contributions of J. Edgar Hoover.

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

Public Enemies

Gillian Rose

Subject matter was extremely interesting but I hated how everything was presented. It was told in chronological order and with that many names, it was somewhat hard to keep straight. Wish he had focused on each gang separately even if they were interwoven at times

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