Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago

Collins, Max Allan. (Author). Schwartz, A. Brad (Austin Bradley), (joint author.).

Summary: "A riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary Prohibition agent whose extraordinary investigative work crippled his organization. Written with novelistic pacing and underpinned by groundbreaking research, Collins and Schwartz deliver the definitive account of the iconic struggle between the mythic yet real combatants who have captivated the world for 90 years."

Record details

ISBN: 9780062441942 (hardcover) :
ISBN: 0062441949
Physical Description: print
xix, 699 p. : ill., map ; 24cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-674) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Untouchable truth -- Map: Organized crime in 1920s Chicago -- Rogues' gallery -- Prologue: St. Valentine's Day -- Prairie Avenue boys -- Citizen Capone -- On the spot -- Epilogue: The great American city.