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America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean trim, an informal ode to the tough individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the country in previous generations. The early 19th century observed the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. After the Civil War, the outlaws of the West were more popular than the marshals, with Jesse Adam and Billy the Kid finding their way into dime novels. With the level of the Great Major depression in the 1930s, there have been the "public enemies", common criminals and cool blooded murderers elevated to the amount of folk heroes by the public frustrated using their own inability to produce a living honestly. The person who became People Enemy NUMBER 1 after the deaths of John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd was Lester Joseph Gillis, whose alias "George Nelson" eventually gave way to the nickname "Baby Face Nelson". Despite the almost playfully innocent nickname, and the actual fact that he was not as notorious as two of his companions in criminal offenses, Dillinger and Floyd, Baby Face Nelson was the most severe of these all. Within an era where the outlaws were glorified as Robin Hood types, Baby Face was a merciless outlier who taken causes almost as fast as he lost his temper.
