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019    898418858 
020    9781250020796|q(hardback) 
020    1250020794|q(hardback) 
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100 1  Urschel, Joe,|eauthor. 
245 14 The year of fear :|bMachine Gun Kelly and the manhunt that
       changed the nation /|cJoe Urschel. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bMinotaur Books,|c2015. 
300    xi, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-274) and 
       index. 
505 0  George and Kathryn go to work -- A massacre in Kansas City
       -- The Kidnapping Scourge -- The Abduction -- Welcome to 
       Paradise -- The Delivery -- The Manhunt -- Catching Kelly 
       -- The Kellys' Trial -- The G-men Take the Spotlight -- 
       Alcatraz and the "Irredeemables." 
520    Documents the Prohibition-era manhunt for notorious 
       gangster George Kelly in the wake of a wealthy oilman's 
       abduction, citing pivotal contributions by J. Edgar Hoover
       that led to the establishment of the national police force
       that would become the FBI. 
520    "It's 1933 and Prohibition has given rise to the American 
       gangster--now infamous names like Bonnie and Clyde and 
       John Dillinger. Bank robberies at gunpoint are commonplace
       and kidnapping for ransom is the scourge of a lawless 
       nation. With local cops unauthorized to cross state lines 
       in pursuit and no national police force, safety for 
       kidnappers is just a short trip on back roads they know 
       well from their bootlegging days. Gangster George "Machine
       Gun" Kelly and his wife, Kathryn, are some of the most 
       celebrated criminals of the Great Depression. With gin-
       running operations facing extinction and bank vaults with 
       dwindling stores of cash, Kelly sets his sights on the 
       easy-money racket of kidnapping. His target: rich oilman, 
       Charles Urschel. Enter J. Edgar Hoover, a desperate 
       Justice Department bureaucrat who badly needs a successful
       prosecution to impress the new administration and save his
       job. Hoover's agents are given the sole authority to chase
       kidnappers across state lines and when Kelly bungles the 
       snatch job, Hoover senses his big opportunity. What 
       follows is a thrilling 20,000 mile chase over the back 
       roads of Depression-era America, crossing 16 state lines, 
       and generating headlines across America along the way--a 
       historical mystery/thriller for the ages. Joe Urschel's 
       The Year of Fear is a thrilling true crime story of 
       gangsters and lawmen and how an obscure federal bureaucrat
       used this now legendary kidnapping case to launch the FBI"
       --|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Kelly, Machine Gun,|d1897-1954. 
650  0 Criminals|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Outlaws|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Crime|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Law enforcement|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.|2bisacsh 
650  7 TRUE CRIME / General.|2bisacsh 
651  0 United States|xHistory|y1933-1945. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 True crime stories.|2lcgft 
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