Category: Gangsters

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

  Prohibition in Chicago was the ultimate business opportunity for the violent men who made up the many gangs who fought to control alcohol as well as narcotics, gambling, labor and business racketeering and prostitution in the city. And while there were turf wars during Prohibition in many American cities, Chicago was the bloodiest of all.…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  October 4, 2017

  Al Capone, Book signings, Chicago, Chicago History Museum, Gangsters, Prohibition, Prometheus Books

  Al Capone, mobsters, Prohibition