Al Capone and His American Boys : Memoirs of a Mobster's Wife

Helmer, William J. (EDT)

Indiana Univ Pr（2011/07発売）

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製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 376 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9780253356062
DDC分類 B

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When her husband was murdered on the orders of Chicago mobster Frank Nitti, Georgette Winkeler-wife of one of Al Capone's "American Boys"-set 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 couple's life on the run, the St. Valentine's 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.

Foreword by John WinkelerForeword by Rose KeefeAbout This BookAcknowledgmentsA Note on Georgette and Gus Winkeler"A Voice from the Grave": The Memoir of Georgette Winkeler1. The Seventh Child2. "For Better or for Worse"3. Heist Guy--Egan's Rats and the Cuckoo Gang4. The Bad Pennies5. Affairs with the Police6. Fugitives on the Lam7. Workhouse Widow8. Gratitude--and Murder9. Flight from St. Louis10. Meet Al Capone11. The Toledo Killing12. Frankie Yale13. Murphy's Tough Skull14. The St. Valentine Day Massacre15. Hiding Out16. On the Run17. "Killer" Burke and the Policeman's Murder18. New Face and New Fingerprints19. "Killer" Burke on the Lam20. The Car Crash21. Capone to the Rescue22. The Greatest Bank Robbery23. Chicago's "Secret Six"24. Enter Father Dwyer25. The Shooting of Frank Nitti26. Nitti's Revenge27. "The Informer"28. The Boom Days29. A Promise Kept30. Gus and the Planted Gun31. Legal Beer at Last32. Gus Winkeler and the New North Side33. The Kansas City Massacre34. Gus and the "Miller Massacre"35. Beginning of the End36. The Syndicate Closes In37. The Police Called It Suicide38. "They've Taken Him to the Morgue"39. Gus Goes Home40. Who Killed My Husband?41. The Widow and Her World42. "The Gas Lisped Its Song of Death"43. Rebirth and Revenge44. End of the Empire45. "Do You See This Gun?"46. Confronting the Mob47. On the Spot48. ResolutionGeorgette Talks to the FBIBiographies and Historical NotesIndex