1.” But it was also the bizarre nature of Al Capone’s death that further differentiated him from his peers. While he was still a low-ranking gangster and bouncer at a bordello, Capone ...

Al Capone got an icy reception when he arrived in Miami Beach in 1928. Whether he was winter-weary like other Northern tourists was immaterial; Miami saw him as a blight on its reputation.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the ... Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.