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02452aam a2200385 i 4500 001 BEA5F4BEA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 210922s2021 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021046203 020 $a 1476684405 020 $a 9781476684406 035 $a (OCoLC)1260819179 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCA $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV8144.F43 $b N477 2021 084 $a TRU000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Newton, Michael, $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a "Don't shoot, G-men!" : $b the FBI crime war, 1933-1939 / $c Michael Newton. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2021] 300 $a ix, 276 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "A bureaucratic bastard" -- Public enemies -- "Get 'em up! Up!" -- Cops and robbers -- Open season -- Trials and errors -- Shoot on sight -- Wanted dead -- Melvin who? -- Old creepy -- Mopping up -- Scorched earth -- Redacting history. 520 $a "Between 1933 and 1939, the FBI pursued an aggressive, highly publicized nationwide campaign against a succession of Depression era "public enemies," including John Dillinger, George "Baby Face" Nelson, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, George "Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, and the Ma Barker Gang. Bureau Director J. Edgar Hoover's successes in this crusade made him the hero of law and order in the public mind. This historical analysis reveals the agency's often illegal tactics, including torture, frame-ups, and summary executions--later expanded throughout Hoover's 48-year reign in Washington, D.C., and exposed only after his death (some say murder) in 1972"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Federal Bureau of Investigation $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Federal Bureau of Investigation $x History $x History $y 20th century. 610 17 $a United States. $b Federal Bureau of Investigation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00528882 650 7 $a TRUE CRIME / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Corruption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352550 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021022445.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BEA5F4BEA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search