Capone : the man and the era / by Laurence Bergreen.

Includes index

With hard-and supercover

Cont.: Campanilismo -- Where the east meets west -- Mementor mori -- Round lake refuge -- The return of al capone -- The jazz age -- Slaughter and sanctuary -- Public enemies -- Secret agents -- The united states of america vs. alphonse capone -- Circles of hell -- After capone.

The author presents a new portrait of Capone, from the brutal wars in which Capone climbed to the top of gangsterdom, to his long incarceration as one of the first prisoners at Alcatraz, to a detailed account of his long slide into illness and death.