| Edition |
Second Da Capo Press edition. |
| Description |
409 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1971. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-393) and index. |
| Contents |
Snorky -- A Brooklyn boyhood -- Big Jim -- ". . . the best and dearest of husbands" -- No Christian burial -- From death corner to dead man's 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" -- "I've got a heart in me" -- Against the wall -- "Nobody 's on the legit" -- case jacket SI-7085-F -- Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Capone request the pleasure of. . . . -- A murder a day -- ". . . regardez le gorille" -- Paper chase -- The reckoning -- "Received . . . the body of the within named prisoner. . . ."-- Island of Pelicans -- Territory stage -- Appendix: The heritage. |
| Summary |
Profiles Al Capone from his violent childhood in Brooklyn, his lieutenancy to Johnny Torrio, his rise in the ranks of the underworld, the notorious St. Valentine's Day Massacre, his eventual stranglehold over the entire city of Chicago, and his decline during imprisonment at Alcatraz. |
| Subject |
Capone, Al, 1899-1947.
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Criminals -- United States -- Biography.
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Capone, Al, 1899-1947. (OCoLC)fst00036071
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Criminals -- Biography. (OCoLC)fst00883519
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
9780306812859 |
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0306812851 |
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