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Profiles the life of Al Capone, including his criminal life trafficking alcohol in 1920's Chicago and how he went insane while he was imprisoned in Alcatraz.
Covers Capone's life and presents a cultural history of organized crime, the prohibition era, and the struggle of lower-class Americans to rise in society.
Painting a picture of the scenes both inside and outside the courtroom and re-creating events from court transcripts, police records, interviews, and notes taken day after day as the story unfolded in court in 2007, this title portrays some of the cold-blooded--and sometimes inc…
Painting a vivid picture of the pivotal case that broke apart a Chicago mob family, this narrative relies on court transcripts, police records, interviews, and notes to recreate the story as it unfolded in a 2007 courtroom.
"...the intimate, dramatic, in-depth story of Capone, recreating both his private and public life, as well as the world in which he lived. Through interviews, documents, and private papers from archives never before released, [the author] provides a total view of Capone and his …
Reveals for the first time Chicago's lesser known gangsters, from the author of }American Gangster{, the source for Ridley Scott's film of the same name. John 'Mushmouth' Johnson, Jeff Fort and Larry Hoover were African American gangsters every bit as powerful as the likes of Al…
Traces the key figures in Chicago's underworld from the early twentieth century to 2003, describing their pivotal roles in organized crime and gangs, their typically brutal methods, and their powerful personalities.