Dustbowl Desperadoes: Gangsters of the Dirty '30s

by Stone Wallace

Book Overview

The smoke had barely cleared from the booze-fueled gun battles of Prohibition and the Roaring 20s when a new breed of gangster stepped onto the American stage. Unlike the slick mobsters of New York and Chicago, the new outlaws were often born from the hunger and desperation of the Great Depression. These back-road bandits emerged from the farmlands of Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas to launch wild and daring crime sprees that captured the imagination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894864107
• ISBN13: 9781894864107
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Folklore Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.3"