THE QUOTABLE AL CAPONE

MARK LEVELL AND BILL HELMER

Published by THE CHICAGO TYPEWRITER CO. & MAD DOG PRESS, CHICAGO AND CRESTWOOD, IL, 1990

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THIS IS AN EPHEMERAL PUBLICATION THAT CONTAINS SIXTY-SIX REMARKABLE QUOTATIONS BY AL CAPONE. " THE BIG FELLOW SHARES HIS WISDOM ON VICE, VIOLENCE, CRIME, CORRUPTION, BOOTLEGGING, BUSINESS, FAMILY, COPS, POLITICIANS, GRAFT, DAIRY PRODUCTS, AND THE ONLY TWO THINGS IN LIFE HE COULD BE CERTAIN OF: DEATH AND TAXES" A BIBLIOGRAPHYY OF WHERE THE QUOTATIONS WERE DERIVED IS INCLUDED. THIS BOOKLET ALSU CONTAINS AN INK INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR BILL HELMER ON THE FRONT COVER. THE INSCRIPTION IS TO FELLOW CHICAGO CRIME COLLECTER AND "AAH RARE CHICAGO" BOOKSELLER, JIM CONWAY. JIM CONWAY'S ARCHIVAL CHICAGO BOOK LABEL IS ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER. THERE IS A RED INK THUMB PRINT ON THE FRONT COVER PRESUMABLY THAT OF BILL HELMER. THERE ARE RED INK SMUDGES ON THE REAR COVER. THIS BOOK ALSO CONTAINS A PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPH OF AL CAPONE SEATED IN THE GRASS OF A HOME WITH HIS LITTLE SISTER MAFALDA WHO IS NEXT TO JACK " MACHINE GUN" McGURN. A MAP OF THE GANGLAND CONTOLLED" AREAS OF CHICAGO IN THE 1920'S IS PRINTED ON THE INSIDE OF THE REAR COVER. A SECTION OF THE BOOK BY BILL HELMER IS DEDICATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE THOMPSON SUB-MACHINE GUN THAT DEFINED THE PROHIBITION ERA.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE QUOTABLE AL CAPONE
• Publisher: THE CHICAGO TYPEWRITER CO. & MAD DOG PRESS, CHICAGO AND CRESTWOOD, IL
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• Binding: STIFF PAPER ILLUSTRATED WRAPPE
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET