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Eliot Ness

Eliot Ness

The Rise and Fall of an American Hero

by Douglas Perry
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/05/2015

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The story of Eliot Ness, the legendary lawman who led the Untouchables, took on Al Capone, and saved a city's soul

As leader of an unprecedented crime-busting squad, twenty-eight-year-old Eliot Ness won fame for taking on notorious mobster Al Capone. But the Untouchables' daring raids were only the beginning of Ness's unlikely story.

This new biography grapples with the charismatic lawman's complicated, largely forgotten legacy. Perry chronicles Ness's days in Chicago as well as his spectacular second act in Cleveland, where he achieved his greatest success: purging the profoundly corrupt city and forging new practices that changed police work across the country. He also faced one of his greatest challenges: a mysterious serial killer known as the Torso Murderer. Capturing the first complete portrait of the real Eliot Ness, Perry brings to life an unorthodox man who believed in the integrity of law and the power of American justice.

ISBN:
9780143126287
9780143126287
Category:
Local history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-05-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
213x139x20mm
Weight:
0.34kg

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