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Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago during Prohibition

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Even if much has been written about Al Capone, there has not been–until now–a complete history of organized crime in Chicago all the way through Prohibition. This exhaustively researched book covers the entire period from 1920 to 1933. Creator John J. Binder, a recognized authority on the history of organized crime in Chicago, discusses the entire important bootlegging gangs in the city and the suburbs and also examines the other major rackets, such as prostitution, gambling, labor and business racketeering, and narcotics.

A major focus is how the Capone gang — one of twelve major bootlegging mobs in Chicago at the start of Prohibition–gained a virtual monopoly over organized crime in northern Illinois and beyond. Binder also describes the fight by federal and local authorities, in addition to citizens’ groups, against organized crime. In the process, he refutes a large number of myths and misconceptions related to the Capone gang, other criminal groups, the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and gangland killings.

What emerges is a big picture of how Chicago’s underworld evolved all the way through this period. This broad perspective goes well beyond Capone and specific acts of violence and brings to light what was happening elsewhere in Chicagoland and after Capone went to jail.

Based on 25 years of research and the use of many up to now unexplored sources, this fascinating account of a bloody and colorful era in Chicago history will turn into the definitive work on the subject.

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