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Laurence Bergreen

Born: 1950 in New York, N.Y.
Pen Name: N/A

Connection to Illinois: Please Note: Since Mr. Bergreen has not lived in Illinois, the only book of his listed in the Illinois Authors Wiki is his book about Al Capone - an Illinois subject of of interest. Please see his webpage to learn more about his other books.

Biography: Laurence Bergreen is an award-winning biographer, historian, and chronicler of exploration. His books have been translated into 25 languages worldwide. A graduate of Harvard University, he lives in New York City.


Awards:
  • ''Capone

Email: lbergreen@nyc.rr.com
Website: http://www.LaurenceBergreen.com
Laurence Bergreen on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=laurence++bergreen


Selected Titles

Capone
ISBN: 9781439128459 OCLC: 1085230311

Simon & Schuster, Riverside : 2013.

Capone :
ISBN: 0671744569 OCLC: 29877924

Simon & Schuster, New York : ©1994.

The author presents a new portrait of Capone, from the brutal wars in which Capone climbed to the top of gangsterdom, to his long incarceration as one of the first prisoners at Alcatraz, to a detailed account of his long slide into illness and death.

 

 

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