A selected list of the sources used for Defragged History’s deep-dive series about the American gangster John Dillinger.
Books
Alston Purvis, The Vendetta: Special Agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover’s FBI in the Age of Gangsters, 2009, New York, PublicAffairs. e-book
Bill Friedman, All Against The Law, The Criminal Activities of the Depression Era Bank Robbers, Mafia, FBI, Politicians, & Cops, 2014, Old School Histories. ebook.
Bryan Burrough, Public Enemies, 2004, New York, Penguin Group USA. e-book.
Dary Matera, John Dillinger, The Life and Death of America’s First Celebrity Criminal, 2005, Carrol & Graf Publishers Inc. Print.
David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, 2019, Daily Books
Edward Butts, Running with Dillinger: The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws, 2008, Toronto, Dundurn. e-book.
Ellen Poulsen and Lori Hyde, Chasing Dillinger, 2018, Jefferson, Exposit. e-book
G. Russel Girardin with William J. Helmer, Dillinger: The Untold Story, 1994, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, print.
James R Ashley, The “Dust Bowl” Era Bank Robbers, Vol I: “Bonnie and Clyde”, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK, Smashwords. e-book.
James R Ashley, The “Dust Bowl” Era Bank Robbers, Vol II: “John Dillinger”, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK, Smashwords. e-book.
James R Ashley, The “Dust Bowl” Era Bank Robbers, Vol III: “Baby Face Nelson”, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK, Smashwords. e-book.
James R Ashley, The “Dust Bowl” Era Bank Robbers, Vol IV: “Pretty Boy Floyd”, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK, Smashwords. e-book.
Jeffrey S. King, The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd, 2013, Kent, Ohio, Kent State University Press. e-book.
John Gilmore, On the Run with Bonnie & Clyde, 2013, Gardena, CA, Amok Books. e-book.
John Toland, Dillinger Days, 1963, New York, Da Capo Press. Print.
Martin Squire, Franklin Delano Roosevelt – the Truth, 2015, Shaharm Publications.
Rohdri Jeffrey-Jones, The FBI, A History, 2007, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press. e-book.
Robert Grey Reynolds Jr., The Kansas City Massacre Pretty Boy Floyd and the FBI, 2016, Oklahoma City, OK, Smashwords. e-book.
Roger Harrington – John Dillinger: Public Enemy: America’s Most Notorious Gangsters, 2017, Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp. e-book.
Websites
YouTube
John Dillinger Documentary Part 1 of 3
John Dillinger Documentary Part 2 of 3
John Dillinger Documentary Part 3 of 3
John Dillinger Shot Dead by Federal Agents in Man Trap