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Title: Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders: Chicago's Private War Against Capone

Author: Dennis E. Hoffman

Narrator: Gregg A. Rizzo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-13

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

According to the Elliot Ness myth, which has been widely disseminated through books, television shows, and movies, Ness and the Untouchables defeated Al Capone by marshaling superior firepower. In Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders, Dennis Hoffman presents a fresh new perspective on the downfall of Al Capone. To debunk the Eliot Ness myth, he shows how a handful of private citizens brought Capone to justice by outsmarting him rather than by outgunning him.

Drawing on previously untapped sources, Hoffman dissects what he terms a "private war" against Capone. He traces the behind-the-scenes work of a few prominent Chicago businessmen from their successful lobbying of presidents Coolidge and Hoover on behalf of federal intervention to the trial, sentencing, and punishment of Al Capone. Hoffman also reconstructs in detail a number of privately sponsored citizen initiatives directed at stopping Capone. These private ventures included prosecuting the gangsters responsible for election crimes; establishing a crime lab to assist in gangbusting; underwriting the costs of the investigation of the Jake Lingle murder; stigmatizing Capone; and protecting the star witnesses for the prosecution in Al Capone's income tax evasion case.

Hoffman suggests that as American society continues to be threatened by illegal drugs, gangs, and widespread violence, it is important to remember that the organized crime and political corruption of Prohibition-era Chicago were checked through the efforts of private citizens.

The book is published by Southern Illinois University Press. Dennis E. Hoffman is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Members Reviews:

It's different than other Al Capone books.

You don't find this kind of information in other books about Al Capone that

I know of. The thing I didn't like is that the author refers to Mr. Capone as

"Scarface Al' too often in the text.

The best on how Capone was really brought down.

No, you won't find any fluffy misleading writing in here. You can purchase the new and less than stellar Johnny come lately Capone book for that. Mr. Hoffman is what you can call a real expert with no qualms. He has done his research, and you can tell that he cared enough to go over his research to deliver a time standing work on his subject. This book is tops on how and who really brought down Al Capone. Chicago's businessmen realized that action had to be taken, and with the finanical help of Chicago's Secret Six, they set the wheels in motion against big Al and his ilk. This, especially after the infamous St. Valentine's day massacre had given the city of Chicago a serious black eye that was seen around the world. Business was hurting. Tourists stayed away because of the daily headlines read. Gangsters were rampant and killing each other mercilessly for ultimate control of the lucreative booze trade.

Learn how Capone was brought down and how a forensic ballistics expert was funded by the businessmen to try and solve the massacre case.

This book helped me on the right track with my research and is highly recommended for the true crime scholar or the novice history buff.

Either way you won't go wrong.