Table of Contents
Part 1 Capone Rising 13
1 The Getting of It 15
2 Good-bye, Diamond Jim 28
3 A Little House on South Prairie 43
4 "I'm Sure It Was Capone" 54
5 Funny Notions 69
6 A Man of Destiny 79
7 Heat Wave 90
8 "He Will Knock You Flat Just for Fun" 99
9 The Peacemaker 111
10 Q Is for Quincy 127
11 Sorry About That, Hymie 139
12 A Smile and a Gun 154
13 The Grinder 162
14 The Better Element 174
Part 2 King Capone 185
15 "There's Worse Fellows in the World than Me" 187
16 Uneasy Lies the Head 212
17 Deepest in Dirt 233
18 Pineapples and Coconuts 241
19 The Graduation of Frankie Yale 265
20 Hooverization 284
21 "I Do Not Stay Up Late" 296
22 The Enforcer 301
23 The Formidable Alphonse 319
24 Little Caesar 331
25 St. Valentine's Day 345
Part 3 Capone Falling 359
26 "An Unsolved Crime" 361
27 "The Most Sore Necessity of Our Times" 371
28 The Brightest Days 386
29 "Have You Got Capone Yet?" 400
30 Locked Up 413
31 Elegant Mess 428
32 The Napoleon of Chicago 451
33 The Big Fellow Chills 464
34 Silent Partner 473
35 "Lady, Nobody's on the Legit" 483
36 Public Enemy Number One 505
37 "There Is No Friendship Among Hoodlums" 533
38 Contempt 549
39 Death and Taxes 562
40 United States Against Al Capone 578
41 The So-Called Untouchables 606
42 "Who Wouldn't Be Worried?" 618
43 Big Spender 636
44 The Verdict 648
Epilogue 663
Acknowledgments 715
Sources 721
Notes 725
