Public Enemies

Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 | Bryan Burrough

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I‘m disappointed in myself with for bailing on this one. There is an amazing amount of information, including photos and footnotes. I unfortunately can‘t seem to absorb everything properly. I‘m sinking in all the details and obvious back/forth that is required in order to get the whole picture of what was happening😢🤷🏻‍♀️

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AshleyHoss820 I totally get this! I had the same issue with All the President‘s Men. Incredibly fascinating, but LOTS of information that my brain just didn‘t want to absorb. We can always try again another day! ☺️ 9mo

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🤩🤩🤩 9mo

DieAReader @AshleyHoss820 💯% agree! Quite interesting for sure but so info heavy that I keep getting different things confused. I‘ve been trying to get through it since December & 🤷🏻‍♀️it‘s just too much for my🧠 aparently. I‘ll check the 🎬movie out though for sure😏 9mo

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DieAReader @dabbe 🤷🏻‍♀️ #HailTheBail 9mo

AshleyHoss820 @DieAReader Yes, definitely! I hear it‘s good! When my Mom was reading a book about Henry VIII‘s wives, I printed off pictures with notes for her, so she could use it as a reference. It happens to the best of us! 😂☺️ 9mo

DieAReader @AshleyHoss820 I had my copy all post it covered & I was still struggling🤷🏻‍♀️🤭 9mo

AshleyHoss820 @DieAReader The struggle is real!! 😂☺️ 9mo

TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just isn't a match!! 9mo

Andrew65 Oh no 😣 9mo

DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 🤓🤷🏻‍♀️Happens sometimes. 9mo

CoverToCoverGirl Next! 9mo

DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 📚🤓❤️‍🔥 9mo

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DieAReader

Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 | Bryan Burrough

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🥳🤓Happy #WinterGames #CandyCaneCrushers 🍬🍭& to everyone who is or isn‘t participating! I can‘t even believe it‘s already December😳 Where did the time go?!?!

Been itching to get to start this since I picked it up but haven‘t been in the mood for it until now😂🤷🏻‍♀️Time for a little late night reading before bed😏📚❤️‍🔥

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Catsandbooks Woohoo! Let the fun begin! 🙌🏼❤️❄️🍭 1y

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Andrew65 I agree, where has the year gone 🤷‍♂️ 1y

DieAReader @Andrew65 It flew!🚀🚀🚀 1y

CoverToCoverGirl I love me some Jack Sparrow…😊 13mo

DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 🙏🏻Amen🤤 Still have this one open…I‘ve wandered a bit lol😬🤣 13mo

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tokorowilliamwallace

Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 | Bryan Burrough

Never before have I enjoyed researching and writing anything as much as I did the book you hold in your hands....This is a book I always suspected I would attempt someday.

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SageIvy

Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 | Bryan Burrough

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Good book! Honesty was great!

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Texreader

Public Enemies. Bryan Burrough | Bryan Burrough

Book not in Litsy so I‘m posting for The Demon Next Door under the tagged book by the same author. It may not have been next door, but the murderer was from a town just up I-35 from where I lived at the time, and the rapes and murders occurred just after I graduated from high school. Way too close for comfort. #nonfiction2019

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Texreader

Public Enemies. Bryan Burrough | Bryan Burrough

Audio spring cleaning today listening to this gruesome story of a serial murderer in Temple, Texas, a few hours north of where I grew up. I‘ve been to most of the towns described in the story and even Mikeska‘s BBQ mentioned in it, where we celebrated my husband becoming a US citizen.

EastWind76 My mom grew up in Temple, and I grew up in small towns around Austin... I need to check this out! 6y

Texreader @EastWind76 I lived in pflugerville and round rock. You? 6y

EastWind76 Wimberley, then rural right outside of south Austin, then Fredericksburg. Also a few years in Waco before I moved north to Chicago! :) 6y

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Texreader @EastWind76 So awesome!! Big difference to end up in Chicago! I love Chicago just not in the winter 6y

EastWind76 @Texreader the winters here are pretty miserable, but I sure don't miss Texas summers! 😉 6y

Texreader @EastWind76 Yep. That part I get. 😁 6y

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CoffeeK8

Public Enemies. Bryan Burrough | Bryan Burrough

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A really interesting story of a small town murderer and how his killings were covered up when he was younger learning to worse killings as he gets older. (Not in the database)

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britt_brooke

Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 | Bryan Burrough

Here are 4 novels and 4 nonfiction books I've read that are over 500 pages. Super long books intimidate the 💩out of me!! #funfridayphoto

Infinite Jest and Kavalier and Clay are in my possession waiting patiently for the day I finally suck it up and crack them open. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

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Karenlovesbooks That's what I like about ebooks. You're not quite as intimidated, because you can't physically see how thick it is! 😊 8y

MicheleinPhilly 4 of those were 5 star reads for me! 👍🏼 8y

britt_brooke @Karenlovesbooks That's why I bought the ebook for Infinite Jest .... to play tricks on my mind, ha! 👍🏻 I read 5 of the above on my kindle, too. 😁 8y

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britt_brooke @MicheleinPhilly A lot of them were for me, too! In fact, my least favorite of the group was the King. 8y

vivastory @britt_brooke How was "Public Enemies"? I bought the e-book when it was on sale last month. It looks interesting. 8y

kspenmoll I too am "terrified" of long books with way too many pages...!? 8y

Reviewsbylola Some of my favorites are on there! 8y

LizzyM Good stuff! Did you like "Helter Skelter"? Read "In Cold Blood" and loved it to pieces so I was thinking about trying more true crime (not usually my bag). 8y

britt_brooke @vivastory Really good! 8y

britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola Mine, too! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y

britt_brooke @kspenmoll 😁🙌🏻 8y

britt_brooke @LizzyM Helter Skelter is SO good. Very detailed, so kind of a slow read, but totally worth it. I loved In Cold Blood, too. Truman Capote could write his butt off! 8y

Suet624 I didn't realize Helter Skelter was so long. 8y

KVanRead ❤❤❤ Kavalier and Clay 8y

britt_brooke @Suet624 It's just under 700 pages. 8y

britt_brooke @KVanRead I need to move it up on my TBR! 8y

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KimHM

Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 | Bryan Burrough

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It's still #recommendsday where I live, so here we go. One of the best things about this book is the structure. Even if you know a lot about Bonnie and Clyde or "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Burrough puts the two years of the 1933-34 Crime Wave into a perspective I'd not seen before. And don't be put off by the film, which extracted the Dillinger part and ignored the rest thus robbing the viewer of aforementioned context. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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