Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Piper Michael Collins
Title : Al Capone : The man and the myth
Year : 2013

Link download : Piper_Michael_Collins_-_Al_Capone.zip

While flamboyant Italian-American Al Capone won all the headlines and the media attention through his exploits in Chicago, his real sponsors, New York-based Meyer Lansky (above left) and Lansky’s bootlegging partner, Montreal-based Sam Bronfman (above right), were the real powers behind the throne.Although Lansky and Bronfman are long dead, the influence of their successors remains a major influence in organized crime and world politics today. Bronfman’s son, Edgar (right), is president of theWorld Jewish Congress. Below, January 1, 1931:Mobster Al Capone looks over Uncle Sam’s $50,000 bail bond in the Federal Building in Chicago. ...