Description
When her husband was murdered on the orders of Chicago mobster Frank Nitti, Georgette Winkelerwife of one of Al Capones American Boysset out to expose the Chicago Syndicate. After an attempt to publish her story was squelched by the mob, she offered it to the FBI in the mistaken belief that they had the authority to strike at the racketeers who had killed her husband Gus. Discovered 60 years later in FBI files, the manuscript describes the couples life on the run, the St. Valentines Day Massacre (Gus was one of the shooters), and other headline crimes of that period. Prepared for publication by mob expert William J. Helmer, Al Capone and His American Boys is a compelling contemporary account of the heyday of Chicago crime by a woman who found herself married to the mob.
Author: William J. Helmer
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 12/07/2012
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780253009692
Language: English
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