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Get Capone!: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster by Jonathan Eig (CD-Audio, 2010)

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 torious 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.

Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
1050
Narrator(s)
Dick Hill
Author Biography
Jonathan Eig is a former writer and editor for the Chicago bureau of the Wall Street Journal and the former executive editor of Chicago magazine. He is the author of the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig. Jonathan has written for Esquire, the New Republic, Modern Maturity, Cosmopolitan, and other major magazines, and has appeared on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and CNBC. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children. Reader of over four hundred 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.
Out-Of-Print Date
19/01/2017
Date of Publication
27/04/2010
Subject
True Crime
Imprint
Tantor Media, Inc
Edition Statement
Library Ed
Country of Publication
United States

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