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Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago Cover Image Book Book

Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago

Collins, Max Allan (author.). Schwartz, A. Brad (Austin Bradley), (author.).

Summary: A 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 his organization. Written with novelistic pacing and underpinned by groundbreaking research, Collins and Schwartz deliver the definitive account of the iconic struggle between the mythic yet real combatants who have captivated the world for 90 years. -- adapted from publisher info

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  • ISBN: 0062441957
  • ISBN: 9780062441959
  • ISBN: 0062441949
  • ISBN: 9780062441942
  • Physical Description: xix, 699 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

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General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-674) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Untouchable truth -- Map: Organized crime in 1920s Chicago -- Rogues' gallery -- Prologue: St. Valentine's Day -- Prairie Avenue boys -- Citizen Capone -- On the spot -- Epilogue: The great American city.

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Subject: Capone, Al 1899-1947
Ness, Eliot
Gangsters Illinois Chicago Biography
Organized crime Illinois Chicago History 20th century
Crime Illinois Chicago
Genre: True crime stories.
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Blair County Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Altoona Area Public Library.

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Altoona Area Public Library 364.1092 COL (Text) 33240004870799 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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