1899-1947

Traces the efforts by federal and local law enforcement agencies to bring down Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the 1920s, which led to his arrest and conviction in 1931 for tax evasion and conspiracy to violate Prohibition laws.

Describes what a visitor to Chicago in 1929 would find to see and do, including providing references to famous gangster activities and haunts.

Presents a biography of Al Capone, tracing the life of the infamous prohibition-era criminal from his youth in New York to his death at the age of forty-eight from complications of syphilis, and including a look at corruption in American society, a time line, and a bibliography.