Public Enemy: The Extremely Brief and Violent Life of John Dillinger

For nine months in 1933 and 1934, John Dillinger and his gang robbed banks across the Midwest, killing 10, wounding seven
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Public Enemy No. 1
For nine months in 1933 and 1934, John Dillinger and his gang robbed banks across the Midwest, killing 10, wounding seven and assembling a formidable arsenal of weapons. During the course of their exploits, they pulled off three jailbreaks and eluded the FBI, making them overnight folk heroes to Depression-era Americans.

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