{"product_id":"capone-the-man-and-the-era-9780684824475","title":"Capone: The Man and the Era","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this brilliant history of Prohibition and its most notorious gangster, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen takes us to the gritty streets of Chicago where Al Capone forged his sinister empire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBergreen shows the seedy and glamorous sides of the age, the rise of Prohibition, the illicit liquor trade, the battlefield that was Chicago. Delving beyond the Capone mythology. Bergreen finds a paradox: a coldblooded killer, thief, pimp, and racketeer who was also a devoted son and father; a self-styled Robin Hood who rose to the top of organized crime. Capone is a masterful portrait of an extraordinary time and of the one man who reigned supreme over it all, Al Capone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurence Bergreen is the author of two previous biographies, \"James Agee\" and \"As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin.\" He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725316722962,"sku":"9780684824475","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_241d6df6-6b35-4401-b2c6-34d0ca819ecd.jpg?v=1734825364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/capone-the-man-and-the-era-9780684824475","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}