Description The new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago-a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller.
Recapturing a bygone bullet-ridden era while uncovering the previously unrevealed truth behind Scarface\'s downfall, Collins and Schwartz have crafted the definitive work on Capone, Ness, and the Battle for Chicago..
Brad Schwartz, a rising-star historian whose work anticipated the fake news phenomenon, draw upon decades of primary source research, including the personal papers of Ness and his associates, newly released federal files, and long-forgotten crime magazines containing interviews with the gangsters and G-men themselves.
In Scarface and the Untouchable , Max Allan Collins, the New York Times bestselling author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition , and A.
Today, no underworld figure is more iconic than Al Capone and no lawman as renowned as Eliot Ness.
Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as "The Untouchables," Ness set his sights on crippling Capone\'s criminal empire.
Valentine\'s Day Massacre transformed Capone into "Public Enemy Number One," the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness.
But after the brutal St.
To a public who scorned Prohibition, "Scarface" became a local hero and national celebrity.
Jacket A Chicago PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Featuring a new preface and bonus material The definitive history of gangster-era Chicago--a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller In 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago\'s underworld and its corrupt government.
Together they have crafted the definitive work on Capone, Ness, and the Battle for Chicago.
Collins and Schwartz have recaptured a bygone bullet-ridden era while uncovering the previously unrevealed truth behind Scarface\'s downfall.
Scarface and the Untouchable draws upon decades of primary source research--including the personal papers of Ness and his associates, newly released federal files, and long-forgotten crime magazines containing interviews with the gangsters and G-men themselves.
Schwartz is a rising-star historian whose work anticipated the fake-news phenomenon.
Collins is the New York Times bestselling author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition .
Brad Schwartz, a unique and vibrant writing team combining the narrative skill of a master novelist with the scholarly rigor of a trained historian.
Enter Max Allan Collins and A.
Yet in 2016 the Chicago Tribune wrote, "Al Capone still awaits the biographer who can fully untangle, and balance, the complexities of his life," while revisionist historians have continued to misrepresent Ness and his remarkable career.
Today, no underworld figure is more iconic than Al Capone and no lawman as renowned as Eliot Ness.
Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as "The Untouchables," Ness set his sights on crippling Capone\'s criminal empire.
Valentine\'s Day Massacre transformed Capone into "Public Enemy Number One," the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness.
But after the brutal St.
To a public who scorned Prohibition, "Scarface" became a local hero and national celebrity.
In 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago\'s underworld and its corrupt government.
A superior example of true crime]." -- Seattle Times Includes 115 photographs and a map of gangland Chicago. ...
Reads with force and style." --Chicago Tribune "Essential. ...
Reads like a novel." -- Chicago "Revolutionizes our understanding of Al Capone and Eliot Ness." -- Matthew Pearl "A very good book. ...
The writing is riveting, the research impeccable." -- Sara Paretsky "Gripping.
A Chicago PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "An extraordinary achievement.
Now featuring a new preface and bonus material.
Description The new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago-a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller
