Eliot Ness by Douglas Perry
A concise biography that follows a Prohibition-era lawman from his early triumphs leading a small, incorruptible squad against organized crime in Chicago and his part in the campaign that toppled Al Capone, through his later public-service tenure in Cleveland and personal struggles, arguing that the popular, heroic image created by memoirs and television obscures a more complicated record of genuine achievements, bureaucratic setbacks, personal failings, and disputed claims about his role in Capone’s conviction.
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