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Author:
Strunk, Mary Elizabeth
Title:
Wanted women : an American obsession in the reign of J. Edgar Hoover / Mary Elizabeth Strunk.
Publisher:
University Press of Kansas,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
x, 258 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Female offenders--United States--Biography.--Biography.
Women outlaws--United States--Biography.
Crime--United States--History--20th century.
Hoover, J. Edgar--(John Edgar),--1895-1972.
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation--History--20th century.
Law enforcement--United States--History--20th century.
Sex role--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1918-1932
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945
United States--Social conditions--1945-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Ten most wanted -- The girls behind the man behind the gun -- Mother Barker, public enemy no. 1 -- The perfectly ambiguous Bonnie Parker -- Radical cheerleaders and a frustrated PTA type -- Panther, prisoner, poet, and prize -- Glorious and bitter ends -- Epilogue.
Series:
CultureAmerica
ISBN:
0700617442 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700617449 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)560551951
LCCN:
2010009290
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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