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The Vendetta: Special Agent Melvin Pur... by Purvis, Alston Paperback / softback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 1586487418
- EAN
- 9781586487416
- Date of Publication
- 2009-05-05
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Vendetta: Special Agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and...
- Artist
- Purvis, Alston
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1586487418
ISBN-13
9781586487416
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70938713
Product Key Features
Book Title
Vendetta : Special Agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover's FBI in the Age of Gangsters
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Affairs & Administration, General, Law Enforcement
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Item Length
5.4 in
Item Width
8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
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By the end of 1934 Melvin Purvis was, besides President Roosevelt, the most famous man in America. Just thirty-one years old, he presided over the neophyte FBI's remarkable sweep of the great Public Enemies of the American Depression -- John Dillinger; Pretty Boy Floyd; Baby Face Nelson. America finally had its hero in the War on Crime, and the face of all the conquering G-Men belonged to Melvin Purvis. Yet these triumphs sowed the seeds of his eventual ruin. With each new capture, each new headline touting Purvis as the scourge of gangsters, one man's implacable resentment grew. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, was immensely jealous of the agent who had been his friend and prot'g', and vowed that Melvin Purvis would be brought down. A vendetta began that would not end even with Purvis's death. For more than three decades Hoover trampled Purvis's reputation, questioned his courage and competence, and tried to erase his name from all records of the FBI's greatest triumphs. Alston Purvis is Melvin's only surviving son. With the benefit of a unique family archive of documents, new testimony from colleagues and friends of Melvin Purvis and witnesses to the events of 1934, he has produced a grippingly authentic new telling of the gangster era, seen from the perspective of the pursuers. By finally setting the record straight about his father, he sheds new light on what some might call Hoover's original sin -- a personal vendetta that is one of the earliest and clearest examples of Hoover's bitter, destructive paranoia., In The Vendetta , author Alston Purvis recounts the story of his father, Melvin Purvis, the iconic G-man and public hero made famous by his remarkable sweep of the great Public Enemies of the American Depression- John Dillinger Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson. Purvis's successes led FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover to grow increasingly jealous, to the point where he vowed to bring down Purvis. Hoover smeared Purvis's reputation, and tried to erase his name from all records of the FBI's greatest triumphs. This book sets the record straight, and provides a grippingly authentic new telling of the gangster era, seen from the perspective of the pursuers., In The Vendetta , author Alston Purvis recounts the story of his father, Melvin Purvis, the iconic G-man and public hero made famous by his remarkable sweep of the great Public Enemies of the American Depression--John Dillinger; Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson. Purvis's successes led FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover to grow increasingly jealous, to the point where he vowed to bring down Purvis. Hoover smeared Purvis's reputation, and tried to erase his name from all records of the FBI's greatest triumphs. This book sets the record straight, and provides a grippingly authentic new telling of the gangster era, seen from the perspective of the pursuers.
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- m***0 (107)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseExcellent quality, like-new condition, great value, but wrong dvd format to play on USA machines. Simple oversight not listed on the posting. Customer service on correcting the situation excellent.
- m***0 (107)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBe sure to verify Region of dvd compatability. USA is Region 1, UK Region 2 etc... Dvd's are like-new or excellent condition, customer service excellent, shipping times need improvement.
- 5***5 (4669)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseCondition was as listed. Great price and arrived on time. For some reason tracking did not show up but that would be the shippers fault.