Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster

Eig, Jonathan

 
9781400115310: Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster
ISBN 10 : 1400115310 ISBN 13 : 9781400115310
Editeur : Tantor Audio, 2010

Synopsis

Acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Jonathan Eig blows the lid off the Al Capone story. Based on never-before-seen government documents and newly discovered letters written by Al Capone himself, Get Capone presents America's greatest gangster as you've never seen him before. In addition to IRS files, Eig got hold of the personal papers of the U.S. attorney in Chicago who prosecuted Capone. He even found family members who would share stories about their notorious relative. The author, a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, brings his uncompromising standards for research and his superb knack for storytelling to one of the most thrilling stories in American history. This eye-opening biography reveals that Capone was the target of one of the most intense criminal investigations in American history--with orders coming directly from the White House. Capone flaunted his criminal success so openly that President Hoover insisted the gangster be stopped. And, despite his many misdeeds, Capone may have been the victim of a rigged trial. Get Capone also offers a bold new theory to explain the Valentine's Day Massacre and sheds new light on Capone's connection--or lack thereof--to the crime.

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À propos des auteurs

Jonathan Eig is a former writer and editor for the Chicago bureau of the Wall Street Journal and the author of the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig.

Reader of over 400 audiobooks, Dick Hill has won three coveted Audie awards and been nominated numerous times. He is also the recipient of several AudioFile Earphones Awards. AudioFile includes Dick on their prestigious list of "Golden Voices."

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Éditeur
Tantor Audio
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1400115310
ISBN 13 
9781400115310
Reliure
CD
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2011
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