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Joe Urschel is the former executive director of the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C., where he previously was the executive director of the Newseum. Urschel is also a former managing editor of USA Today, where he previously served as a senior correspondent and columnist. He also toon meer worked for the Detroit Free Press as a reporter, critic, and editor. His journalism honors include awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, and an Emmy. He lives in Virginia. toon minder

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Really interesting. So much more about machine gun Kelly than I was aware of. Did not know his wife bought him his first machine gun and was involved in most of his crimes. Lots of detail regarding the mafia, Hoover, prohibition in the 1930's.
 
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loraineo | 1 andere bespreking | Dec 18, 2022 |
I received this book for free from a Goodreads giveaway. I found it to be very well researched, well organized and well written. It brings to life one of the most notorious gangsters of the 1930's and gives the reader a view of who George "Machine Gun" Kelly was and how he actually and unwittingly helped to create the FBI and made J. Edgar Hoover famous.
As someone with a B.A. in American History, I found it very interesting, in that it gave a different view of the Prohibition Era gangster's that one sees in the movies. It gives the true story of how just widespread and out of control the lawlessness was during this time in American History; and thus, how it led to Alcatraz and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's reputations being born. Yet, at the same time, it also shows how J. Edgar Hoover may have had good intentions in mind of having federal lawmen; he did not always use the correct means to achieve them or his enduring legacy as the Director of the FBI.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more of what it was really like during this era in American History; both the good and the bad.
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