Deadly Valentines: The Story of Capone's Henchman "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn and Louise Rolfe, His Blonde Alibi

Jeffrey Gusfield

ISBN 10: 1613740921 / ISBN 13: 9781613740927

Published by Chicago Review Press, 2012

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Signed and inscribed by author. Has remainder mark or small stain on top of text block. Just a dot so it could be remainder mark from book store.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deadly Valentines: The Story of Capone's Henchman "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn and Louise Rolfe, His Blonde Alibi
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613740921
• ISBN 13: 9781613740927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like new
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Capturing one of the most outrageous stories of the Capone era, this is the twin biography of a couple who defined the extremes and excesses of the Prohibition Era in America. Machine Gun Jack McGurn, a babyfaced Sicilian immigrant and Al Capone's chief assassin, and Louise May Rolfe, a beautiful blonde dancer and libertine, paired to represent the epitome of fashion, rebellion, and wild abandon in a decade that shocked and roared. Detailing McGurn's suspected role in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and his sensational alibi, this biography shows how the couple captured the headlines in every newspaper in the country, had their hipster speech copied by Hollywood, and were the spellbinding poster children of the new jazz subculture. More than a look at the joie de vivre of two lovers caught in history's spotlight, this work examines the continuing allure of the Roaring Twenties and the characters who inspired America's love affair with gangster literature and crime cinema.

About the Author

Jeffrey Gusfield, a native Chicagoan, has researched the history of Jack McGurn, Louise Rolfe, and the Capone years for more than four decades.