In 1933 a crime wave blazed across America. Fuelled by cheapliquor and fast cars, gangs of chancers, bank robbers,gunslingers and their molls cut a murderous, cash-snatching dash through the US - and became legends. Among them werehomicidal Baby Face Nelson, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde,cranky hillbilly Ma Barker and, most deadly of all, thsuave gentleman criminal John Dillinger.

This is the breakneck story of America's most wanted,and their nemesis: J. Edgar Hoover and his strong-arm law enforcers, the agents of the FBI. Using shocking secret files and eyewitness accounts, Public Enemies tells the astonishing truth about the crime spree that shook America.

Autbor's Note

Cast of Characters

Prologue

1 A PreLude to War,Spring 1933

2 A Massacre by Persons Unknown，June 8 to June 15,1933

3 The CoLLege Boys Take the Field，June 17 to July 22,1933

4 The Baying of the Hounds．July 22 to August 25,1933

5 The Kid jimmy,August 18 to September 25,1933

6 The Streets of Chicago．October 12 to November 20,1933

7 Ambushes．November 20 to December 31，1933

8 “An Attack on ALL We HoLd Dear．”January 2 to January 28,1934

9 A Star Is Born，January 30 to March 2，1934

10 Dittinger andNeLson．March 3toMarch 29,1934

11 Crescendo，March 30 to April 10,1934

12 Death in the NorthWoods，April 10 to April 23，1934

13 "And It's Death for Bonnie and Ctyde." April 23 to May 23, 1934

14 New Faces, May 24 to June 30, 1934

15 The Woman in Orange, July 1 to July 27, 1934

16 The Scrambte, July 23 to September 12, 1934

17 A Fietd in Ohio and a Highway in Ittinois, September 18 to November 27, 1934

18 The Last Man Standing, December3, 1934, to January 20, 1935

19 Pas de Deux, January 1935 Until...

Epitogue

Bibliographical Essay

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index