THE DILLINGER DAYS

Hardback. 1st US edn. A chronicle of those incredible 13 months during the 1930's when John Dillinger and his contemporaries in crime - including Baby Face Nelson, Ma Barker and her boys, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow and Pretty Boy Floyd - terrorised America. A detailed account of Dillinger's short but significant career as an accomplished criminal. His daring escapes and countless bank robberies made him a household name as he eluded lawmen in half a dozen states, only to die on a Chicago sidewalk. Illus. + Map eps, Notes and Index. 371pp. 8vo. h/back. With tiny label to ffep, lightly browned fore-edge and sl. faded sp. o/w Vg.