Okay, it's a shameless plug, but in all modesty, this is the most comprehensive work to date on Twenties and Thirties gangsters and outlaws, packed with tons of new and revised data and illustrations.

Mobsters drew most of the attention in New York City in the 1920s and '30s but this collection of urban bandits shows that thieves and outlaws were just as prevalent there as in the Midwest.

Wonderful history of Oklahoma outlaws and lawmen from Territorial days through the Depression gangster era. If any are overlooked I'll eat my copy!

Wonderfully entertaining examination of Jewish gangsters who did time in Sing Sing.

First detailed history of the pioneer organized crime gang of St. Louis, a mob which furnished vetean killers to the 1920s gangland battlefields of New York, Chicago, and Detroit.

At long last the truth revealed about Capone's successor in this masterpiece of historical research.

Very slim book on a genuine FBI hero who died at the hands of Baby Face Nelson. More a tribute than actual biography but a fitting tribute.

Comprehensive account of the Jake Fleagle gang and the bloody Lamar, Colorado bank robbery.

Matera's reworking of the late Joe Pinkston's unpublished Dillinger manuscript gives us a glimpse of the massive research of Pinkston and his collaborator Tom Smusyn.

Great biography of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter.

The 1890s assassination of Chief Hennessey and the New Orleans "Mafia trials" and mass lynching.

Underrated pioneering work on the Bailey-Underhill Gang and the Memorial Day, 1933 breakout from the Kansas State Prison.

Ambitious and revisionist history of Irish-American organized crime.