Publisher's Synopsis
This is another very funny fully coloured illustrated story book by author illustrator John L D Barnett. The book is based on the true-life story of the American gangster, racketeer and crime boss, Alphonse Gabriel Capone, who was known in the underworld as Scarface Capone. Al Capone served time in the notorious high security Federal Penitentiary called Alcatraz which was situated offshore from San Francisco, California, USA. Alcatraz closed its doors after 29 years as a prison on 21 March 1963. Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York on the 17 January 1899, to Italian immigrants Gabriele and Teresa Capone and he died of cardiac arrest on January 25, 1947. The story contains many full coloured cartoons and funny puns for all the family to enjoy. This is another very funny book not to be missed.
