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1 online resource |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: The Infinite Chase; Prologue; Part I. The Dreamer; 1. Destination: Gary, Indiana; 2. Statehouse Room 126; 3. Clemency; 4. Shirttails to the Wind; 5. Big Men; Part II. The Gadfly; 6. Denials; 7. Double-Crossing Dirty Rat; 8. East Chicago Rising; 9. Unsung; 10. Obstructionists; Part III. The Mutineer; 11. The New Dillingers; 12. Kangaroo Court; Part IV. The Landowner; 13. Reveille; 14. Milepost 107.5 |
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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, 1937Appendix 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 |
| Summary |
Indiana State Police Captain Matt Leach led the hunt for John Dillinger during the violent early 1930s. Pushing a media campaign aimed at smoking out the fugitive, Leach elevated Dillinger to unprecedented notoriety. In return, Dillinger taunted him with phone calls and postcards, and vowed to kill him. Leach's use of publicity backfired, making him a pariah among his fellow policemen, and the FBI ordered his firing in 1937 for challenging their authority. This is the first full-length biography of the man |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2018) |
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Dillinger, John, 1903-1934 -- Friends and associates
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Leach, Matt -- Friends and associates
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Dillinger, John, 1903-1934 |
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Criminals -- United States -- Biography
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Police -- United States -- Biography
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Bank robberies -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Bank robberies
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Criminals
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Friendship
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Police
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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Hyde, Lori
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| ISBN |
9781476633121 |
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1476633126 |
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