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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very good. There is no writing or any other notation in or on the book.”
- Personalize
- No
- Era
- 1930s
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Photographs
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9781250105486
- Book Title
- Year of Fear : Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Law Enforcement, General, Criminals & Outlaws
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
125010548X
ISBN-13
9781250105486
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038856316
Product Key Features
Book Title
Year of Fear : Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Law Enforcement, General, Criminals & Outlaws
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A compelling tale that looks at the turbulent year of 1933, and the narrative reads like the most nail-biting thriller imaginable - yet it's all true. . . . Urschel does an amazing job chronicling a time in history that was rough for those that lived it while making the events extremely readable. All history textbooks should be this fun and informative. Even experts of the period will find this book rewarding and might learn something new." - Washington Post "For those interested in the early years of the FBI and gangsters, this is the book to read. Readers will be completely absorbed." - Library Journal (starred review), " The Year of Fear , Joe Urschel's entertaining new history of 1933, takes off, in a wheel-spinning flurry of detail that brings the era to life." - USA Today
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3092 B
Synopsis
"Machine Gun" Kelly, a kidnapping, and the cross-country, back-roads chase through Depression-era America that turned Kelly and J. Edgar Hoover into legends., It's 1933 and Prohibition has given rise to the American gangster--now infamous names like Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger. Bank robberies at gunpoint are commonplace and kidnapping for ransom is the scourge of a lawless nation. With local cops unauthorized to cross state lines in pursuit and no national police force, safety for kidnappers is just a short trip on back roads they know well from their bootlegging days. Gangster George Machine Gun Kelly and his wife, Kathryn, are some of the most celebrated criminals of the Great Depression. With gin-running operations facing extinction and bank vaults with dwindling stores of cash, Kelly sets his sights on the easy-money racket of kidnapping. His target: rich oilman, Charles Urschel. Enter J. Edgar Hoover, a desperate Justice Department bureaucrat who badly needs a successful prosecution to impress the new administration and save his job. Hoover's agents are given the sole authority to chase kidnappers across state lines and when Kelly bungles the snatch job, Hoover senses his big opportunity. What follows is a thrilling 20,000 mile chase over the back roads of Depression-era America, crossing 16 state lines, and generating headlines across America along the way--a historical mystery/thriller for the ages. Joe Urschel's The Year of Fear is a thrilling true crime story of gangsters and lawmen and how an obscure federal bureaucrat used this now legendary kidnapping case to launch the FBI., It's 1933 and Prohibition has given rise to the American gangster--now infamous names like Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger. Bank robberies at gunpoint are commonplace and kidnapping for ransom is the scourge of a lawless nation. With local cops unauthorized to cross state lines in pursuit and no national police force, safety for kidnappers is just a short trip on back roads they know well from their bootlegging days. Gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly and his wife, Kathryn, are some of the most celebrated criminals of the Great Depression. With gin-running operations facing extinction and bank vaults with dwindling stores of cash, Kelly sets his sights on the easy-money racket of kidnapping. His target: rich oilman, Charles Urschel. Enter J. Edgar Hoover, a desperate Justice Department bureaucrat who badly needs a successful prosecution to impress the new administration and save his job. Hoover's agents are given the sole authority to chase kidnappers across state lines and when Kelly bungles the snatch job, Hoover senses his big opportunity. What follows is a thrilling 20,000 mile chase over the back roads of Depression-era America, crossing 16 state lines, and generating headlines across America along the way--a historical mystery/thriller for the ages. Joe Urschel's The Year of Fear is a thrilling true crime story of gangsters and lawmen and how an obscure federal bureaucrat used this now legendary kidnapping case to launch the FBI.
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