The Complete Public Enemy Almanac: New Facts and Features on the People, Places, and Events of the Gangsters and Outlaw Era, 1920-1940
William Helmer, a former senior editor atPlayboy, is the author ofThe Gun That Made the Twenties Roarand is the coauthor ofDillinger: The Untold Story, Baby Face Nelson,andThe St. Valentine's Day Massacre. He lives in Boerne, Texas.Rick Mattix, an expert on the criminal gangs of the twenties and thirties, is a prominent researcher and consultant to authors and television documentaries. The coauthor ofThompson: The American LegendandDillinger: The Untold Story(expanded edition), and author of numerous magazine and journal articles, he lives in Bussey, Iowa.