Al Capone (BIOGRAPHY (A & E)) - Hardcover

Hornung, Rick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517201003 ISBN 13: 9780517201008

Verlag: Crown Publications, 1998

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Book by AE Television Network

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Offers a look into the life of the famous gangster, examining his middle-class upbringing, his early legitimate business venture, and his turn to crime when the law failed him

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st famous gangster and founder of organized crime as we know it, Al Capone became a multimillionaire and a legend by sating a city's appetite for liquor, pros-titution, and gambling. But his life is an astonishing mix of contrasts: on one hand he was a brutal killer, and on the other, a dutiful father.
        
The son of Italian immigrants, Capone learned early in life that hard work was the key to success. His father opened a barber shop in New York City and raised his sons in the stability of the immigrant middle class. Al emulated this spirit by starting up his own shoe-shine business near the docks. Its success enabled him to move the business to the lobby of a Wall Street building, but when rivals destroyed his shoe-shine stand and the police shrugged off the attack, Capone became embittered.
        
Rick Hornung's riveting account of one of the century's most prominent celebrity sinners show

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• Verlag: Crown Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0517201003
• ISBN 13: 9780517201008
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192