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The Vendetta: Special Agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover's FBI in the Age of Gangsters
The Vendetta Special Agent Melvin Purvis John Dillinger and Hoover's FBI in the Age of Gangsters
Author: Alston Purvis
In The Vendetta, author Alston Purvis recounts the story of his father, Melvin Purvis, the iconic G-man and public hero made famous by his remarkable sweep of the great Public Enemies of the American Depression?John Dillinger; Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson. Purvis?s successes led FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover to grow increasingly jeal...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781586487416
ISBN-10: 1586487418
Publication Date: 5/4/2009
Pages: 400
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: PublicAffairs
Book Type: Paperback
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