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01340aam a2200301Ia 4500 001 19E6A53228FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140821010440 008 080907s2005 nyuo g 001 0beng d 020 $a 1586487418 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781586487416 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)246894117 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d WB9 $d SILO 050 14 $a HV7911.P845 $b P87 2005 082 04 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Purvis, Alston W., $d 1943- 245 14 $a The vendetta : $b special agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover's FBI in the age of gangsters / $c Alston Purvis and Alex Tresniowski. 260 $a New York : $b Public Affairs, $c c2005. 300 $a 363 p. : $b photos ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Purvis, Melvin, $d 1903-1960. 610 10 $a United States. $b Federal Bureau of Investigation $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gangsters $z United States $x History. 700 1 $a Tresniowski, Alex. 941 $a 1 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110034411.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=19E6A53228FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search