Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair

Capone:  His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair is a 395-page hardcover published in 2016 by Nan A. Talese of Doubleday and is the stated first edition.  Apart from some light smudging to the cover, the book is in very good condition. Book Summary From his heyday to the present moment, AL Capone--Public Enemy Number One--has gripped popular imagination.  Rising from humble Brooklyn roots, Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American History.  At the height of prohibition, his multi-million-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene.  His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running was that crested with the shocking St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929.  Law enforcement and the media elite seemed powerless to stop the growth of his empire.  And then the fall:  a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, Alcatraz.  After his release he returned to his family a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neuro-syphilis took their final toll.  The true flesh-and-blood man behind the legend has long remained a mystery.  Through dogged research Deirdre Bair debunks the most outrageous mysteries and myths.  With the help of Capone's descendants, she discovers his essential humanity, uncovering a complex character that was flawed and sometimes cruel, but also capable of nobility.  Rigorous and intimate, Al Capone provides new answers to the enduring questions about this fascinating figure, who was equal parts charismatic gangster, devoted patriarch, and calculating monster.  ISBN:  978-0-385-53715-5