The Resource Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz
Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz
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The item Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Madison County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Madison County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA'S GREAT CRIME EPIC. A Mystery Writers of America "Grand Master"--author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner--teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this 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, Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz's Scarface and the Untouchable delivers--at last--the definitive account of the "Battle for Chicago," the iconic struggle between the mythic yet real combatants who have captivated the world for 90 years"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xix, 699 pages
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-674) and index
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780062441959
- Label
- Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago
- Title
- Scarface and the untouchable
- Title remainder
- Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago
- Statement of responsibility
- Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- 1900-1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
- trueBiographies
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- History
- Illinois -- Chicago
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Criminals and law-breakers
- Ness, Eliot
- Ness, Eliot
- trueNess, Eliot
- Organized crime
- trueOrganized crime
- Organized crime -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- trueProhibition
- TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
- trueTrue Crime -- Historical Crime
- True crime stories
- Biography
- trueCapone, Al, 1899-1947
- Capone, Al, 1899-1947
- Capone, Al, 1899-1947
- trueChicago, Illinois
- trueCollective biographies
- trueCrime
- Crime -- Illinois | Chicago
- trueCriminals
- trueGangsters
- Gangsters
- Gangsters -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- trueGovernment investigators
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA'S GREAT CRIME EPIC. A Mystery Writers of America "Grand Master"--author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner--teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this 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, Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz's Scarface and the Untouchable delivers--at last--the definitive account of the "Battle for Chicago," the iconic struggle between the mythic yet real combatants who have captivated the world for 90 years"--
- Summary
- A groundbreaking dual biography of notorious gangster Al Capone and Prohibition agent Eliot Ness explores the violence and corruption of 1930s Chicago and the history-shaping raids and arrests made by the legendary Untouchables
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10685248
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Collins, Max Allan
- Dewey number
-
- 364.1092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6248.C37
- LC item number
- C65 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Schwartz, A. Brad
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Capone, Al
- Ness, Eliot
- Capone, Al
- Ness, Eliot
- Gangsters
- Organized crime
- Crime
- TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Gangsters
- Organized crime
- Illinois
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago
- Label
- Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-674) and index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 661-674) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 21451365
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xix, 699 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062441959
- Lccn
- 2018024767
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 40028430778
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042077150
- Label
- Scarface and the untouchable : Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the battle for Chicago, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-674) and index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 661-674) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 21451365
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xix, 699 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062441959
- Lccn
- 2018024767
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 40028430778
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042077150
Subject
- Biographies
- 1900-1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
- trueBiographies
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- History
- Illinois -- Chicago
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Criminals and law-breakers
- Ness, Eliot
- Ness, Eliot
- trueNess, Eliot
- Organized crime
- trueOrganized crime
- Organized crime -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- trueProhibition
- TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
- trueTrue Crime -- Historical Crime
- True crime stories
- Biography
- trueCapone, Al, 1899-1947
- Capone, Al, 1899-1947
- Capone, Al, 1899-1947
- trueChicago, Illinois
- trueCollective biographies
- trueCrime
- Crime -- Illinois | Chicago
- trueCriminals
- trueGangsters
- Gangsters
- Gangsters -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- trueGovernment investigators
Genre
- trueBiographies
- trueBiography
- trueCollective biographies
- trueHistory
- trueLife stories
- trueTrue Crime
- True crime stories
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