The Public Enemies Handbook: A Who's Who of America's Most Notorious Gangsters
William J. Helmer & Rick Mattix
With the corruption that accompanied Prohibition, drunkenness shifted from a working-class vice to middle-class rebellion that prompted a nationwide transformation of organized crime between 1920 and 1940. The Public Enemies Handbook is a reference guide to the criminals who dominated that era, organized from A to Z. Also included is a selection of short articles on such subjects as the Tommygun, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, gangster funerals, and more.
 | WILLIAM J. HELMER is the author of The Gun That Made the Twenties Roar and coauthor of Dillinger: The Untold Story and The Complete Public Enemy Almanac. He lives in Texas. |
| RICK MATTIX, an expert on the criminal gangs of the twenties and thirties, is a prominent researcher and consultant to authors and television documentaries. The coauthor of Thompson: The American Legend and Dillinger: The Untold Story (expanded edition), and author of numerous magazine and journal articles, he lives in Bussey, Iowa.
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$9.99, Paperback
ISBN-10: 1-58182-689-3 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58182-689-0 (Paperback)
Paperback Available June 2009
