Al Capone and His American Boys – Memoirs of a Mobster`s Wife
Autor William J. Helmeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 dec 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780253009692
ISBN-10: 0253009693
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 70 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
ISBN-10: 0253009693
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 70 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Cuprins
Foreword by John Winkeler; Foreword by Rose Keefe; About This Book; Acknowledgments; A Note on Georgette and Gus Winkeler"A Voice from the Grave": The Memoir of Georgette Winkeler 1. The Seventh Child; 2. "For Better or for Worse"; 3. Heist Guy--Egan's Rats and the Cuckoo Gang; 4. The Bad Pennies; 5. Affairs with the Police; 6. Fugitives on the Lam; 7. Workhouse Widow; 8. Gratitude--and Murder; 9. Flight from St. Louis; 10. Meet Al Capone; 11. The Toledo Killing; 12. Frankie Yale; 13. Murphy's Tough Skull; 14. The St. Valentine Day Massacre; 15. Hiding Out; 16. On the Run; 17. "Killer" Burke and the Policeman's Murder; 18. New Face and New Fingerprints; 19. "Killer" Burke on the Lam; 20. The Car Crash; 21. Capone to the Rescue; 22. The Greatest Bank Robbery; 23. Chicago's "Secret Six"; 24. Enter Father Dwyer; 25. The Shooting of Frank Nitti; 26. Nitti's Revenge; 27. "The Informer"; 28. The Boom Days; 29. A Promise Kept; 30. Gus and the Planted Gun; 31. Legal Beer at Last; 32. Gus Winkeler and the New North Side; 33. The Kansas City Massacre; 34. Gus and the "Miller Massacre"; 35. Beginning of the End; 36. The Syndicate Closes In; 37. The Police Called It Suicide; 38. "They've Taken Him to the Morgue"; 39. Gus Goes Home; 40. Who Killed My Husband?; 41. The Widow and Her World; 42. "The Gas Lisped Its Song of Death"; 43. Rebirth and Revenge; 44. End of the Empire; 45. "Do You See This Gun?"; 46. Confronting the Mob; 47. On the Spot; 48. ResolutionGeorgette Talks to the FBI; Biographies and Historical Notes; Index
Recenzii
"This is not another Capone book; he is but a tangential figure in this fascinating account.... For true crime and gangster story fans." Library Journal "Al Capone and his American Boys is highly recommended for those interested in an insider's view of the major criminal events of the Gangster Era." informer-journal.blogspot.com"Al Capone and His American Boys is more than just fascinating historyit's built on the human interest element of living a gangster's life." mafialifeblog.com "Helmer delights history buffs once more with his research and inimitable style, bringing us the memoirs of a primo gangster's moll. Hers is a first-hand account of being married to one of Al Capone's travelling psycho-circus of killers called the 'American boys' who moved from St. Louis to Chicago to live the gritty gangland life of the Roaring Twenties." Mario Gomes, www.myalcaponemuseum.com "Deemed too hot by its publisher in 1934, this incredible and revealing story sheds new light on major crimes, including the St. Valentine's Day Massacrethe defining moment that cemented Chicago's reputation as a city of criminal mayhem.... A candid look at the era of Capone, Frank Nitti, Georgette's husband Gus, and a group of Public Enemies who continue to fascinate a new generation of readers." Richard C. Lindberg, author of The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine
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Descriere
A compelling contemporary account of the heyday of Chicago crime by a woman who found herself married to the mob