Capone The Life and World of Al Capone

by Kobler, John

• ISBN13: 9780306812859
• ISBN10: 0306812851
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-09
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

The public called him Scarface; the FBI called him Public Enemy Number One; his associates called him Snorky. But Capone is the name most remember. And John Kobler'sCaponeis the definitive biography of this most brutal and flamboyant of the underground kingsan intimate and dramatic book that presents a complete view of Al Capone and his gaudy era. Here is Capone's story: his violent childhood in Brooklyn, his lieutenancy to Johnny Torrio, his rise in the ranks of the underworld, the notorious St. Valentine Massacre, his eventual control of the entire city of Chicago, and his decline during his imprisonment in Alcatraz.Caponewas the ultimate gangster, and Capone is the ultimate in gangster biographiesa classic in the literature of crime.

Author Biography

John Kobler's (1910-2000) many books include biographies of John Barrymore, Henry Luce, John Hunter, and Otto Kahn. He wrote for the New Yorker and other magazines, and lived in New York City.

Table of Contents

1. Snorky	13	(5)
2. A Brooklyn Boyhood	18	(20)
3. Big Jim	38	(14)
4. "... the best and dearest of husbands"	52	(16)
5. No Christian Burial	68	(8)
6. From Death Corner to Dead Man's Tree	76	(25)
7. "A. Capone, Antique Dealer"	101	(8)
8. Cicero	109	(15)
9. "Tell them Sicilians to go to hell"	124	(10)
10. Garlic and Gangrene	134	(22)
11. The Fall of the House of Genna	156	(15)
12. "I paid him plenty and I got what I was paying for"	171	(13)
13. War	184	(12)
14. Big Bill Rides Again	196	(17)
15. "... the sunny Italy of the new world"	213	(14)
16. "I've got a heart in me"	227	(13)
17. Against the Wall	240	(15)
18. "Nobody's on the legit"	255	(15)
19. Case Jacket SI-7085-F	270	(13)
20. Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Capone Request the Pleasure....	283	(4)
21. A Murder a Day	287	(19)
22. "...regardez le gorille"	306	(10)
23. Paper Chase	316	(7)
24. Aggiornamento	323	(5)
25. The Reckoning	328	(19)
26. "Received...the body of the within named prisoner..."	347	(10)
27. Island of Pelicans	357	(17)
28. Tertiary Stage	374	(5)
APPENDIX: The Heritage	379	(8)
SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	387	(8)
INDEX	395