Description: Further DetailsTitle: The St. Valentine's Day MassacreCondition: NewSubtitle: The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought Down Al CaponeEAN: 9781581825497ISBN: 9781581825497Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing,USFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/14/2006Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 233mmItem Length: 174mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 508gAuthor: Arthur J. Bilek, William J. HelmerGenre: BiographyDescription: A Case of Bad Timing and Poor Judgment The machine-gun murders of seven men on the morning of February 14, 1929, by killers dressed as cops became the gangland “crime of the century.” Or so the story went. Since then it has been featured in countless histories, biographies, movies, and television specials. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, however, is the first book-length treatment of the subject. Challenging the commonly held assumption that Al Capone ordered the wholesale slayings to gain supremacy in the Chicago underworld, authors William J. Helmer and Arthur J. Bilek assert the crime was a case of bad timing and poor judgment by a secret crew from St. Louis known to Capone’s mostly Italian mob as the “American boys.” The target of the murder squad was indeed Bugs Moran, but the American boys, who were dressed as policemen and arrived in two bogus police cars, entered the garage where the massacre took place before Moran arrived. Not knowing who Moran was or what he looked like, the counterfeit cops stupidly killed everyone to make sure they got their man. Based on a careful review of reliable evidence, a critical reading of news accounts of the time, a 1935 manuscript written by the widow of one of the gunmen, and a lookout’s long-suppressed confession, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is a fresh new look at the crime that captured the nation’s imagination. In the end, the machine-gun bullets heard ’round the world marked the beginning of the end for Al Capone.Release Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Title: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought Down Al C
EAN: 9781581825497
ISBN: 9781581825497
Release Date: 09/14/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: St. Valentine's Day Massacre : The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought down Al Capone
Number of Pages: 317 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2006
Topic: Murder / General, United States / 20th Century, Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Arthur J. Bilek, William J. Helmer
Item Width: 6.8 in
Format: Perfect
