Word: tycoondom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hero's fat, coarse face, entitled Al Capone, The Biography Of A Self-Made Man* It was written by Fred D. Pasley, onetime rewrite man for the Chicago Tribune, often collaborator with Alfred ("Jake") Lingle. Author Pasley seems to know his gangs. He portrays the rise to a tycoondom of vice of once obscure Hoodlum Capone, gives it a macabre grandeur. Author Pasley does not hesitate to link the Big Shot himself to many a gruesome murder. Final sentence of his biography...