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1) The untouchables

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

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During the era of Prohibition in the United States, federal agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.

2) Young Al Capone: the untold story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925

Author

Balsamo, William

Pub. Date

c2011

Language

English

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Among the many revelations in "Young Al Capone" are new details about the brutal Halloween Night murder of rival gangster "Wild Bill" Lovett, grisly details on how Capone planned the shootout and barbaric hatchet slaying of White Hand boss, Richard "Peg Leg" Lonergan, and insight into the dramatic incident that forced Capone to leave New York.

3) Al Capone: Icon

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

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Was Al Capone the quintessential self-made American man, a ruthless killer, or both? From his early days rising through the ranks of New York’s gangs, to his slow demise in the aftermath of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, this film chronicles the complicated life of one of America’s favorite mob bosses. Capone was not only a bootlegger, killer, and gangster, but also a popular public figure who opened one of the nation’s first soup kitchens,...

4) Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

Author

Collins, Max Allan

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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"A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA'S GREAT CRIME EPIC. A Mystery Writers of America "Grand Master"--author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner--teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary Prohibition agent whose extraordinary investigative work crippled...