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Machine Gun Kelly's last stand
By Hamilton, Stanley
- ISBN
- 978-0-70061-247-5
- Publisher
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2003
Many of the "hit and run" criminals of the 1920s and 1930s were freelance gangsters not affiliated with big-city mobsters. They were tolerated by the general public because they often targeted banks, not exactly the most beloved institutions at the time. However, the atmosphere changed after the Lindbergh kidnapping, and certain kidnappings became federal crimes with the Lindbergh Act of 1932. On...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
