Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero

by Douglas Perry

Book Overview

Eliot Ness is famous for leading the Untouchables against the notorious mobster Al Capone. The legendary Prohibition Bureau squad's daring raids are only the beginning. Ness' true legacy reaches far beyond Capone and Chicago. This biography followers the lawman through his days in Chicago and his little known, but greatest achievement, time as the public safety advisor for Cleveland, where he rid the city of corruption, at a time when the mob and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670025887
• ISBN13: 9780670025886
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher