Capone : the life and world of Al Capone
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Capone : the life and world of Al Capone
Da Capo Press, 1992
1st Da Capo Press ed
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Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1971
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-393) and index
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Description
The public called him Scarface; the FBI called him Public Enemy Number One; his associates called him Snorky. But Capone is the name most remember. And John Koblers Capone is the definitive biography of this most brutal and flamboyant of the underground kingsan intimate and dramatic book that presents a complete view of Al Capone and his gaudy era. Here is Capones story: his violent childhood in Brooklyn, his lieutenancy to Johnny Torrio, his rise in the ranks of the underworld, the notorious St. Valentine Massacre, his eventual control of the entire city of Chicago, and his decline during his imprisonment in Alcatraz. Capone was the ultimate gangster, and Capone is the ultimate in gangster biographiesa classic in the literature of crime.
Table of Contents
Snorky A Brooklyn Boyhood Big Jim the best and dearest of husbands No Christian Burial From Death Corner to Dead Mans Tree A. Capone, Antique Dealer Cicero Tell them Sicilians to go to hell Garlic and Gangrene The Fall of the House of Genna I paid him plenty and I got what I was paying for War Big Bill Rides Again the sunny Italy of the new world Ive got a heart in me Against the Wall Nobodys on the legit Case Jacket SI-7085-F Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Capone Request the Pleasure A Murder a Day regardez le gorille Paper Chase Aggiornamento The Reckoning Received the body of the within named prisoner. Island of Pelicans Tertiary Stage
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