The Untouchables by eliot ness

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March 26,2025

This book is very good and so is the movie. its about the prohibition era and how alchol was very illegal but the crime groups sold it. In the streets of chicago italian gangs were running everything by scaring businesses to work for them and pay them or else they would get killed and a single man named Al Capone ran this whole process. This book is all about how a man named eliot ness who was a cop and he put together a force to bust Capone and his people doing all this crime.

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fortuneezz

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March 26,2025

I was more entertained than educated by "The Untouchables", which is hardly surprising when you consider that Ness was a publicity monger who recognized the value of a good story and enhanced the truth whenever it fell flat. There are phone threats, drive-by shootings, and murders galore, despite the fact that the son of one Untouchable, Barney Cloonan, told Ness biographer Paul Heimel that they were rarely shot at.

Although Ness and the Untouchables did not take down the Capone mob as claimed in the popular media, they did damage the famous mobster's bootleg income, inconveniencing him financially.

Ness died just before "The Untouchables" hit print, making it a haunting as well as intriguing read. It's not an objective look at the dying years of Prohibition and the downfall of Al Capone, but has novelty value as Ness's final words on that exciting period in his career.

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Eikonomachia

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March 26,2025

I read this after watching the movie. It was an interesting read although rather surprising that Ness wasn't snuffed out by the Mafia. I believe he would be today. It was an easy read!

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UnknownxDark

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March 26,2025

I've been a fan of the television show, and the book proved to be very informative. Amazing what a squad of a few CLEAN cops could do in a city like Chicago, with all the crime and criminals around, and so many officials and law officers on the take.

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fierysun

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March 26,2025

My hunch is that the criticism leveled at this book stems from the expectation that it is (or should be) a purely non-fiction documentation of events. Reading it without that preconceived notion makes it more enjoyable.

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