TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shmelter,Richard
TI  - Chicago assassin: the life and legend of Machine Gun Jack McGurn and the Chicago beer wars of the roaring twenties 
SN  - 1581826184 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Nashville, TN
PB  - Cumberland House
KW  - McGurn, Jack,
KW  - Gangsters
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago
KW  - Biography
KW  - Nineteen twenties
KW  - Organized crime
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Innocence interrupted -- Innocence lost -- Prohibition and a life-changing decision -- The origins of Chicago's big leagues -- War, a young gunman's rise to the top, and the jazz age -- Baby Face, Mooney, and Joe Batters -- Final vengeance, continued conflict, exodus -- Capone vs. Weiss : phase one -- Capone vs. Weiss : winner take all -- Sitting on top of the world -- Aiello threatens the empire -- The joker -- McGurn has the last laugh -- Close calls -- Louise and continued mayhem -- A surprise for Bugs -- St. Valentine's Day -- Aftermath of carnage -- The walls begin to crumble -- The empire declines -- Jack gets married, Al goes away -- Vindication and alienation -- The comet fades -- Whatever became of ...?
ER  -