{"product_id":"get-capone-the-secret-plot-that-captured-americas-most-wanted-gangster-paperback","title":"Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Eig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe real story of how the federal government finally apprehended and convicted America's most notorious criminal, Al Capone.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on recently discovered government documents, wiretap transcripts, and Al Capone's handwritten personal letters, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jonathan Eig tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the nation's most infamous criminal in rich new detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the moment he arrived in Chicago in 1920, Capone found himself in a world with limitless opportunity. Within a few years Capone controlled an illegal bootlegging business with annual revenue rivaling that of some of the nation's largest corporations. Along the way he corrupted the Chicago police force and local courts while becoming one of the world's first international celebrities. Legend credits Eliot Ness and his \"Untouchables\" with apprehending Capone, but Eig shows that this wasn't so. In \u003ci\u003eGet Capone, \u003c\/i\u003e the man known as \"Scarface\" emerges as a complex man, doomed as much by his ego as by his vicious criminality. This is the real Al Capone.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Eig is a former senior writer for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eAli: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLuckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAli\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and the James Tait Black Biography of the Year Award, and won the British Sports Book Awards Sports Book of the Year Award and the PEN\/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46727397867705,"sku":"9781416580607","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/get-capone-the-secret-plot-that-captured-americas-most-wanted-gangster-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}