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    Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
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    Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
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    Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero

    Written by Douglas Perry

    Narrated by Pete Bradbury

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    The true story of Eliot Ness, the legendary lawman who led the Untouchables, took on Al Capone, and saved a city's soul

    Eliot Ness is famous for leading the Untouchables against the notorious mobster Al Capone. But it turns out that the legendary Prohibition Bureau squad's daring raids were only the beginning. Ness's true legacy reaches far beyond Big Al and Chicago.

    Eliot Ness follows the lawman through his days in Chicago and into his forgotten second act. As the public safety director of Cleveland, he achieved his greatest success: purging the city of corruption so deep that the mob and the police were often one and the same. And it was here, too, that he faced one of his greatest challenges: a brutal, serial killer known as the Torso Murderer, who terrorized the city for years.

    Eliot Ness presents the first complete picture of the real Eliot Ness. Both fearless and shockingly shy, he inspired courage and loyalty in men twice his age, forged law-enforcement innovations that are still with us today, and earned acclaim and scandal from both his professional and personal lives. Through it all, he believed unwaveringly in the integrity of law and the basic goodness of his fellow Americans.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 20, 2014
    ISBN9780698149526
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    • 5/5
      Excellent coverage of Ness and how his TV series persona ( and worse, the film version of The Untouchables) are an exercise in myth making and fail to capture the man with all his assets and flaws. Ness has much to commend him on many fronts as he was honest and obsessively dedicated to the mission of dismantling gangster operations. After he moved from Chicago to Cleveland as Public Safety Director, he took on the enormous task of rooting out corruption in the Cleveland police ranks and battling the underworld empire there. In the process he made Cleveland a forerunner in using modern law enforcement techniques such as use of patrol cars instead of the foot beat, and establishing profiling suspect systems based on polygraphs, fingerprints, and crime patterns.
      Unfortunately, his commitment to his job made his personal life a shambles, leading to neglect of his wife and a divorce. Contrary to his squeaky clean image, Ness was a heavy drinker and womanizer, which would ultimately contribute to his undoing.
    • 4/5
      Eliot Ness is a fascinating man, best known for his role in leading The Untouchables while chasing Al Capone. Here, Douglas Perry introduces us to the real man behind all the hype. If you've read The Untouchables or seen the movie, you might be surprised to learn how much of Ness's memoir was overblown hype. In fact, Eliot Ness never approved the final manuscript, which he had not actually written, because he died before the book was finished. I was impressed with the breadth of content here. Aside from the Capone years, we learn about Ness's career as Safety Director in Cleveland, his obsession with corruption, his battle maintaining his reputation, and his transition into business that seemed to be his final downfall. Despite all the good Ness did, he died broke and in relative obscurity.Perry shows us the human side of the legend, which I find far more interesting than the glamorous view designed to sell books and movies. We're also given a look at what the world was like during this tumultuous period in history, when mafia men were openly running some cities.The writing itself lacks a bit of personality, coming off a little dry with its 'just the facts' format. But the writing is also clear and precise, and the timeline easy to follow. Definitely a book I'd recommend to anyone interested in Eliot Ness and/or this period of history.