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 | Inventing the Public Enemy: The Gangster in American Culture, 1918-1934 (1st Edition) by David E. Ruth Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-226-73218-5 / 0226732185 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-73218-3 / 9780226732183 In this richly detailed account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. The subject of innumerable newspaper and magazine articles, scores of novels, and hundreds of Hollywood movies, the gangster was a compelling figure for American | |