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Chasing Dillinger : police captain Matt Leach, J. Edgar Hoover and the rivalry to capture public enemy No. 1 / Ellen Poulsen and Lori Hyde.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poulsen, Ellen, 1953- author.
- Hyde, Lori, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dillinger, John, 1903-1934--Friends and associates.
- Dillinger, John.
- Leach, Matt (Police captain).
- Leach, Matt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Indiana State Police Captain Matt Leach led the hunt for John Dillinger during the mid-1930s. After returning to private life and serving on the homefront during World War II, Leach planned to write a book challenging the FBI's version of Dillinger's final months. He died in a car accident in 1955, after a meeting with his publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The dreamer
- Destination: Gary, Indiana
- Statehouse room 126
- Clemency
- Shirttails to the wind
- Big men
- The gadfly
- Denials
- Double-crossing dirty rat
- East chicago rising
- Unsung
- Obstructionists
- The mutineer
- The new Dillingers
- Kangaroo court
- The landowner
- Reveille
- Milepost 107.5
- Appendix A: Indiana police board charges against Matt Leach, charges drafted by indiana state safety director upon request of fbi director j. edgar hoover, dated september 4, 1937
- Appendix B: Matt Leach's rebuttal to state police board charges, Indianapolis times, September 4, 1937
- Appendix C: The lost manuscript: Matt Leach's ghostwriters weigh in
- Chapter notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3312-6
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