PRETTY BOY, BABY FACE - I LOVE YOU The Gangsters of the '30s and Their Molls

Paperback. Hick girls and boys from the poverty towns and the hard-luck hills, with guns in their hands and the carnage of death in their trail. Featuring amongst others : Ma Barker with her dumb sons and their smart buddy Alvin Karpis; the amiable oaf called Machine-Gun Kelly; bank robber Harvey Bailey, a real pro; The Barrow-Parker gang, kill-happy small-timers who never scored for more than $1,500; Homer Van Meter, Harry Pierpont, John Hamilton, and their peerless leader, John Dillinger, who despite FBI claims to the contrary probably never killed a soul; murderous Lester Gillis, who was known as Baby Face Nelson; and Charles Floyd, the Oklahoma Robin Hood, whom they called Pretty Boy. Illus. 174pp. mass market p/back. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name/date rubber stamp inside back cover. Browned pp., sunned covers o/w Vg+ with minimal creasing to covers.