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

by William J. Helmer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253009693
• ISBN13: 9780253009692
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher