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Lädt ... Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend (2016)von Deirdre Bair
![]() Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ![]() ![]() 5463. Al Capone His Life, Legacy, and Legend, by Deirdre Bair (read 21 Apr 2017) This is a 2016 book and decries the errors in the other biographies of Capone, but has no bibliography and its source notes are not well-constructed. Capone was born 17 Jan 1899 in Brooklyn. (The book says the New York Times obituary said he was born in Italy.) His infamy was gained in Chicago. The book extols Capone's love for his wife and says she was always in love with him, even though he had syphilis and gave it to her. The book was authored by a skilled biographer but she could have done a much better job if she had been more exact and had been more of an investigative reporter. She does not give any legal citations, but such can be found in the Wikipedia article on Capone. It is pretty astounding that Capone had such inept lawyers at his trial, at least according to the book. The author decries the evil Capone did but also decries the way he was treated at trial and in prison, and she appears to right in both her judgments. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone--Public Enemy Number One--has gripped popular imagination. Rising from humble Brooklyn roots, Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. At the height of Prohibition, his multimillion-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that crested with the shocking St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929. Law enforcement and the media elite seemed powerless to stop the growth of his empire. And then the fall: a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, Alcatraz. After his release he returned to his family in Miami a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neurosyphilis took their final toll. But the slick mobster persona endures, immortalized in countless novels and movies. The true flesh-and-blood man behind the legend has long remained a mystery. Unscrupulous newspaper accounts and Capone's own tall tales perpetuated his mystique, but through dogged research Deirdre Bair debunks the most outrageous of these myths. With the help of Capone's descendants, she discovers his essential humanity, uncovering a complex character that was flawed and sometimes cruel but also capable of nobility. And while revealing the private Al Capone, a genuine family man as remembered by those who knew him best, Bair relates how his descendants have borne his weighty legacy. Rigorous and intimate, Al Capone provides new answers to the enduring questions about this fascinating figure, who was equal parts charismatic gangster, devoted patriarch, and calculating monster. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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