Sunday, May 16, 2010









1920's Gangsters
One of the most famous gangster of the 1920's is Alphonsen Gabriel "Al" Copone a.k.a Scarface.He was born in January 17,1899.He was an american gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime.Known then as the "capones"dedicated to smugging and bootlegging liquor and other illegal activities in chicago.He was inovled in the italian mafia.Then he was sentenced to federal prison,including a stay at the Alcatraz federal prison for tax evasion ,his business card reportedly described him as a used-furniture dealer . Then shortly after he was released from prison he started to lose alot of weight, his physical ,mental health ,and deteriorated under the effects of neurosyphilis.On January 21,1947 Capone had an stroke a day after he regained consciousness.Then he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest. Al Capone died in January 25,1947.
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  1. Your posts need to be approx 3 paragraphs. You need to relate all texts to the novel. 65/75

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