Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34.
BURROUGH, Bryan [Michael Mann and Christian Bale].
Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34.
First Edition of Public Enemies; Signed by Bryan Burrough, Michael Mann and Christian Bale
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
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Item Number: 151493
First edition of this work, basis for the 2009 film, directed by Michael Mann, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Bryan Burrough, Michael Mann and Christian Bale. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 details the crime spree of the Great Depression, focusing on figures like John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Machine Gun Kelly, and how their exploits led to the rise of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. The book explores the interconnected underworld, the media's role in creating the "G-men" myth, and how Hoover used the crime wave to build his agency's power, stripping away myths with new research. It was the basis for the 2009 film of the same name, directed by Michael Mann, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
