Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #485715 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent book
I had the pleasure of meeting Rose Keefe a few years ago, what a great lady and a great writer. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Gangsters & the Prohibition era.

Well researched
It is obvious that the many years that Rose Keefe spent researching and writing the story of Dean O'Banion was time well spent! She captures the essence of a man that visually could have walked off the page and her knack of storytelling is top-notch. I was captivated in his devotion, not the brutality. Rose shares these images with the reader that really setup the framework of early Chicago. This isn't your run of the mill gangster book and the attention to accurate detail is deliberate. The book is well thought out and presented in a way that kept me wanting to read more, even furthering my education on prohibition and early Chicago in the process. This is a must read for true gangster enthusiasts and historians alike!

Could not have been done any better.
This is a must have book for anyone interested in Chicago's beer wars. Mrs. Keefe has written a brilliantly told acurate story that helps us understand how Capone became the legend that he is, for without Dean O'Banion on the north Capone may not have been as big on the south.