Hoosier public enemy : a life of John Dillinger / John A. Beineke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beineke, John A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Indiana--Biography.

Criminals.

Outlaws--Indiana--Biography.

Outlaws.

Dillinger, John, 1903-1934.

Dillinger, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (597 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the bleak days of the Great Depression, news of economic hardship often took a backseat to articles on the exploits of an outlaw from Indiana-John Dillinger. For a period of fourteen months during 1933 and 1934 Dillinger became the most famous bandit in American history, and no criminal since has matched him for his celebrity and notoriety.Dillinger won public attention not only for his robberies, but his many escapes from the law. The escapes he made from jails or "tight spots," when it seemed law officials had him cornered, became the stuff of legends. While the public would never adm

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Prologue; The Early Years; Clarence Stout and Other Early Skelton Mentors; First Wife Mentor: Edna Stillwell Skelton; Early Star Status: Memorable 1937; Roller-Coaster Years: 1938-40; Major Stardom: Movies, Radio, and a Touch of "Hope"; War Year Complexities: Radio and Redefining Red's Relationship with Edna; War Year Complexities: Movies, Military, and Marriage; Resuming a Film Career: The Buster Keaton Factor; A Small-Screen Chaplin Wannabe and the Two Mrs. Skeltons; Racking up the Pressure; Triumph and Tragedy in the 1950's

The Skeltons in Palm Springs: Paradise or Prison?The Last Act; Filmography; Select Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-87195-373-0

0-87195-372-2

OCLC:

858763334