Bryan Burrows amazing book about the crimewave of 1933-4 in America is being made into a film starring Johnny Depp.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemies_(2009_film)

The book itself is a brilliant piece of story telling - one that just leaves you thirsting for more insight into what was one of the truly fascinating periods of history.

If you want to hook into the whole cult, take a look at 'Handsome Harry' - a book about Harry Pierpont - the only member of the Dillinger gang to be executed. You can get a copy from Amazon for a really good price from Amazon, and it will introduce you to the main players.

http://www.amazon.com/Handsome-Harry-James-Carlos-Blake/dp/0060554789


when you've done that - Lori Hyde has two terrific sites - one about Dillinger:-

http://www.geocities.com/hydey6/dillingerpage.html

and the other about Harry Pierpont.

http://www.geocities.com/pierpont_2001/pierpontpage.html

Blues fans note that Dillinger's favourite car was the terraplane - the one that features in Robert Johnson's one 'hit'.