Bibliograph

Scarface and the untouchable, Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz

Type

Label

Scarface and the untouchable, Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Scarface and the untouchable

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1042077150

Responsibility statement

Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz

Sub title

Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor