The Bootleggers: Prohibition * Capone's Chicago * The Gang Wars
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the shadow of skyscrapers and speakeasies, Kenneth Allsop's The Bootleggers transports readers to the blood-soaked streets of Prohibition-era Chicago, where the law was for sale and violence was the currency of power. The book chronicles the meteoric rise of organised crime in 1920s America, placing Al Capone and his ruthless syndicate at the centre of a city held hostage by gang warfare, corrupt politicians, and an unquenchable thirst for illegal liquor. Allsop writes with the sharp, unflinching eye of a seasoned journalist, presenting a meticulously researched account that reads with the pace and tension of a thriller. Blending social history with vivid character portraits, The Bootleggers argues that Prohibition did not curb American excess — it industrialised it, giving birth to a criminal underworld whose influence echoed through the century. A landmark work of popular history, it remains an essential and electrifying portrait of an era when gangsters became folk heroes and the American Dream curdled into something far more dangerous.
Author: Kenneth Allsop
Format: Hardback
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the shadow of skyscrapers and speakeasies, Kenneth Allsop's The Bootleggers transports readers to the blood-soaked streets of Prohibition-era Chicago, where the law was for sale and violence was the currency of power. The book chronicles the meteoric rise of organised crime in 1920s America, placing Al Capone and his ruthless syndicate at the centre of a city held hostage by gang warfare, corrupt politicians, and an unquenchable thirst for illegal liquor. Allsop writes with the sharp, unflinching eye of a seasoned journalist, presenting a meticulously researched account that reads with the pace and tension of a thriller. Blending social history with vivid character portraits, The Bootleggers argues that Prohibition did not curb American excess — it industrialised it, giving birth to a criminal underworld whose influence echoed through the century. A landmark work of popular history, it remains an essential and electrifying portrait of an era when gangsters became folk heroes and the American Dream curdled into something far more dangerous.