{"title":"A. Brad Schwartz","description":"A. Brad Schwartz co-wrote an episode of the award-winning PBS series American Experience on the War of the Worlds broadcast, based in part on research for his senior thesis at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. 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Reads like a novel.\" \u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Revolutionizes our understanding of Al Capone and Eliot Ness.\" \u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003eMatthew Pearl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago's underworld and its corrupt government. To a public who scorned Prohibition, \"Scarface\" became a local hero and national celebrity. But after the brutal St. Valentine's Day Massacre transformed Capone into \"Public Enemy Number One,\" the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness. Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as \"The Untouchables,\" Ness set his sights on crippling Capone's criminal empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, no underworld figure is more iconic than Al Capone and no lawman as renowned as Eliot Ness. Yet in 2016 the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, \"Al Capone still awaits the biographer who can fully untangle, and balance, the complexities of his life,\" while revisionist historians have continued to misrepresent Ness and his remarkable career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz, a unique and vibrant writing team combining the narrative skill of a master novelist with the scholarly rigor of a trained historian. Collins is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the gangster classic \u003cem\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/em\u003e. Schwartz is a rising-star historian whose work anticipated the fake-news phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScarface and the Untouchable\u003c\/em\u003e draws upon decades of primary source research--including the personal papers of Ness and his associates, newly released federal files, and long-forgotten crime magazines containing interviews with the gangsters and G-men themselves. Collins and Schwartz have recaptured a bygone bullet-ridden era while uncovering the previously unrevealed truth behind Scarface's downfall. Together they have crafted the definitive work on Capone, Ness, and the battle for Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing a new preface and bonus material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive history of gangster-era Chicago--a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago's underworld and its corrupt government. To a public who scorned Prohibition, \"Scarface\" became a local hero and national celebrity. But after the brutal St. Valentine's Day Massacre transformed Capone into \"Public Enemy Number One,\" the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness. Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as \"The Untouchables,\" Ness set his sights on crippling Capone's criminal empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, no underworld figure is more iconic than Al Capone and no lawman as renowned as Eliot Ness. In \u003cem\u003eScarface and the Untouchable\u003c\/em\u003e, Max Allan Collins, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the gangster classic \u003cem\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/em\u003e, and A. Brad Schwartz, a rising-star historian whose work anticipated the fake news phenomenon, draw upon decades of primary source research, including the personal papers of Ness and his associates, newly released federal files, and long-forgotten crime magazines containing interviews with the gangsters and G-men themselves.\u003c\/p\u003eRecapturing a bygone bullet-ridden era while uncovering the previously unrevealed truth behind Scarface's downfall, Collins and Schwartz have crafted the definitive work on Capone, Ness, and the battle for Chicago.--\u003cem\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing a new preface and bonus material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive history of gangster-era Chicago--a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago's underworld and its corrupt government. To a public who scorned Prohibition, \"Scarface\" became a local hero and national celebrity. But after the brutal St. Valentine's Day Massacre transformed Capone into \"Public Enemy Number One,\" the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness. Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as \"The Untouchables,\" Ness set his sights on crippling Capone's criminal empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, no underworld figure is more iconic than Al Capone and no lawman as renowned as Eliot Ness. In \u003cem\u003eScarface and the Untouchable\u003c\/em\u003e, Max Allan Collins, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the gangster classic \u003cem\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/em\u003e, and A. Brad Schwartz, a rising-star historian whose work anticipated the fake news phenomenon, draw upon decades of primary source research, including the personal papers of Ness and his associates, newly released federal files, and long-forgotten crime magazines containing interviews with the gangsters and G-men themselves.\u003c\/p\u003eRecapturing a bygone bullet-ridden era while uncovering the previously unrevealed truth behind Scarface's downfall, Collins and Schwartz have crafted the definitive work on Capone, Ness, and the battle for Chicago.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365572804831,"sku":"9780062441959","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/x1A7H9Duct9780062441959.webp?v=1789066444"},{"product_id":"broadcast-hysteria-orson-welless-war-of-the-worlds-and-the-art-of-fake-news-paperback","title":"Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the United States heard a startling report of a meteor strike in the New Jersey countryside. 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