num_pages: 186
description: He was America's most notorious gangster, the founder of organized crime as we know it, and one of the century's most prominent celebrity sinners. His life reads like an immorality play about the dark side of the American dream. The son of hardworking Italian immigrants, Al Capone became a multimillionaire and a legend by sating a city's appetite for liquor, prostitution, and gambling. Rick Hornung's riveting profile lets us understand the continuing fascination with a man who was at once gangster and gentleman, tyrant and pal, family man and murdering pimp.
language: English
title: Al Capone (Biography
titlecomplete: Al Capone (Biography (a & E))
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Random House, Inc.