Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Weekend Edition Saturday: America's Most Wanted: The Hunt for Al Capone
Interview with the author of Get Capone (Simon and Schuster, 2010) in which he explains the hold Capone had on Americans of the 1920s and the intensity of the investigation that led to his arrest and conviction for tax evasion. (8 min....