This is an earlier work by John Toland about the gangsters of the early Depression period such as Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde. Surprisingly for Toland, who military histories have been well reviewed, this book seems to fail both as a history and a narrative. It seems jumbled and meanders at times. There are other good histories of this period and I so I wouldn't recommend this book for the casual non-fiction reader.
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Decoration Day and Memorial Day
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We sometimes forget that today’s Memorial Day came directly from Decoration
Day, which originated to honor the dead of the Civil War. There has been a
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