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Al Capone, Brooklyn Native, Subject of Book Talk at BHS Monday

By on December 1, 2016 9:28 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, History, Literature

On Monday evening, December 5, at 6:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society will host a book talk by Deirdre Bair, author of Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend. Born in Brooklyn in 1899, Capone rose to infamy as head of the rackets–principally bootlegging during the prohibition years–in Chicago. “With exclusive access to his descendants,” Ms. […]

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