FRANK NITTI: THE TRUE STORY OF CHICAGO'S NOTORIOUS "ENFORCER"

This reference and resource is packed with 80 pages of footnotes, chronology and notes including hundreds of resources. This bio shows more of Nitti than the TV series 'The Untouchables' ever did. Nitti began as a part-time barber and jewelry fence. Humble tells how Nitti rose to the top and gained power in great detail, along with what was happening in Chicago in the 1920s and beyond. A gold mine of information on the history of illegal gambling operations (900 of them were in Chicago by 1941) including the rise of Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Moses Annenberg, Mickey Cohen and the Mob's connection to unions, drugs and Hollywood. Indexed 399 Pgs. 2007 Hardcover