Nate Hendley

Al Capone (eBook, ePUB)

Chicago's King of Crime

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Chicago mob legend Al Capone set the template for future crime bosses, offering a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of being an underworld leader.

Al Capone could have pursued an honest career and quiet life with his wife and son. Instead, he chose to become a towering mob boss in Chicago, overseeing an underworld empire based on bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and other rackets.

Quick to recognize the value of sympathetic media coverage and alliances with local politicians, Capone amassed almost unimageable wealth, prestige, and power. He also had syphilis which affected his judgement and a violent streak which brought him to the attention of federal authorities. While rival gangs couldn't kill Capone, he faced a more formidable challenge when bureaucrats began scrutinizing his tax returns.

This concise account tells the story of America's best-known gangster in a succinct, descriptive manner.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459749184
• Artikelnr.: 61288481

Autorenporträt

Nate Hendley is a journalist and author of several books, primarily on crime-related subjects. His book, The Beatle Bandit (about a murderous 1964 bank heist) won the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Non-Fiction 2022. He lives in Toronto.