Al Capone and His American Boys: Memoirs of a Mobster's Wife - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0253356067 ISBN 13: 9780253356062

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Discovered in the files of the FBI 60 years after its creation, a riveting true-crime memoir, written by the wife of one of Al Capone's men, reveals the couple's life on the run, her husband's role as one of the shooters at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and much more.

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L'autore:

William J. Helmer is author (with G. Russell Girardin) of Dillinger: The Untold Story (IUP, 1994) and The Gun That Made the Twenties Roar as well as other books on the gangland era.

Product Description:

When her husband was murdered on the orders of Chicago mobster Frank Nitti, Georgette Winkler -- wife of one of Al Capone's "American Boys" - set out to expose the Chicago Syndicate. After an attempt to publish her story was squelched by the mob, she offered it to the FBI in the mistaken belief that they had the authority to strike at the racketeers who had killed her husband Gus. Discovered 60 years later in FBI files, the manuscript describes the couple's life on the run, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre (Gus was one of the shooters), and other headline crimes of that period. Prepared for publication by mob expert William J. Helmer, Al Capone and His American Boys is a compelling contemporary account of the heyday of Chicago crime by a woman who found herself married to the mob.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0253356067
• ISBN 13: 9780253356062
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 376
• Redattore: Helmer William J.