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Author:
Purvis, Alston W., 1943-
Title:
The vendetta : special agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover's FBI in the age of gangsters / Alston Purvis and Alex Tresniowski.
Publisher:
Public Affairs,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
363 p. : photos ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Purvis, Melvin,--1903-1960.
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation--Officials and employees--Biography.
Gangsters--United States--History.
Other Authors:
Tresniowski, Alex.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
Looks at the life and career of FBI agent Melvin Purvis, who was responsible for capturing such criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, and argues that his reputation was destroyed by an envious J. Edgar Hoover.
ISBN:
1586487418 (pbk.)
9781586487416 (pbk.) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)246894117
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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