Mr. Capone: The Real and Complete Story of Al Capone

All I ever did was to sell beer and whiskey to our best people. All I ever did was to supply a demand that was pretty popular. Why, the very guys that make my trade good are the ones that yell the loudest about me. Some of the leading judges use the stuff.

When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality. — Al Capone

In 1930 Al Capone was the most famous American alive. Now, the bestselling author of Geneen, the acclaimed biography of ITT founder Harold Geneen, reveals the real Capone and how he ran his operation. Schoenberg's scrupulous research shows that Capone was a man as calculating and brutal as his legend. Photos.





ISBN-13 : 9780688128388
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date : 09/28/1993
Author : Robert J. Schoenberg

Meet the Author

Robert J. Shoenberg, a former advertising executive, is the author or two other books, including Geneen, a much-praised biography of ITT founder Harold Green.