Infamous

Adventures in Time Mowing After my laptop fused to my lawn mower after a freak lightning strike, I discovered that I could use it to travel through time. “Let’s see, I got the car all gassed. I’ve loaded up the guns and ammo. Here’s the bag of money. All I need to do is grab a bottle of whiskey, and......more

This was a fun introduction to the gangsters of the Depression. I believe most of the dates & actual facts were true, but I'm not an expert & there was a lot of fictional filler, but it rang true. Certainly the characters were memorable & there were a lot of absurdities on both sides of the law as w......more

This book was a disappointment. I met the author when he spoke at a Literacy Luncheon over a year ago. I occasionally enjoy true crime and thought his books sounded interesting so I bought two of them and had him sign them. The first one was the story of the Fatty Arbuckle murder trail and it was o.......more

Getting lucky at the library. This book was great, and about one of my favorite subjects. The Texas to Wisconsin/Minnessota bootlegging and bank-robbing explosion of the 1920's and 1930's. Pretty Boy Floyd, Dillinger and Harry Pierpont, Ma Barker, Bonnie and Clyde, Boss Pendergast in Kansas City and......more

The 1930s were a time of great depression and financial difficulties for average Americans. Thus, many farmers, blue collar workers, average joes turned to a life of crime. What began as little bank robberies to make ends meet turned into full scale felonies such as jail break outs and kidnappings f......more