Al Capone's Devil Driver (Alleged Wheelman...St. Valentine's Day Massacre) [Mass Market Paperback] George H. Meyer; Chaplain Ray and Max Call by George H. Meyer; Chaplain Ray; Max Call - 1979-01-01

Al Capone's Devil Driver (Alleged Wheelman...St. Valentine's Day Massacre)

by George H. Meyer (Author) as told to Chaplain Ray & Max Call
Publisher: Acclaimed Books (January 1, 1979) - stated First Edition
ISBN-10: 0932294073
ISBN-13: 978-0932294074
Paperback
4.1 x 7 inches, 149 pages

Capone was widely assumed to have been responsible for ordering the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, despite being at his Florida home at the time of the massacre. The massacre was an attempt to eliminate Bugs Moran, head of the North Side Gang, and the motivation for the plan may have been the fact that some expensive whisky illegally imported from Canada via the Detroit River had been hijacked while it was being transported to Cook County, Illinois.

Moran was the last survivor of the North Side gunmen; his succession had come about because his similarly aggressive predecessors, Weiss and Vincent Drucci, had been killed in the violence that followed the murder of original leader Dean O'Banion.

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Acclaimed Books, 1979. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Acclaimed Books , 1979. Wraps have only light wear, spine is unbent. Pages are clean with no markings in text. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.