...but Al Capone was one of the most notable because he was an infamous gangster and he was a ruthless man especially during the St Valentine's massacre. Alphonso Capone was a great notorious gangster but as you guys always know all the famous criminals life always end early.This man was born in 1899 in brooklyn ,New York and his parents are poor plus he has two siblings.The thing about Al is that he used to be a good student in elementary according to (history.com/AlCapone).It also say here that “Capone was a good student in his Brooklyn elementary school, but began falling behind and had to repeat the sixth grade” this tells us that he wasn't good during the whole elementry year but also told us how he began to go to the dark side.He got expelled at the age of 14 because he hit an english teacher and he never went to school ever again he was slowly going to the dark side.After all of this Al moved out and met his mentor where he is soon going to be really infamous. According to (biography.com/AlCapone) he met his mentor name Johnny Torrio who is a gangster and he taught All about the gang life how it runs ,how you have to treat it , and how to live life as a gangster..Torrio gang was called five points gang and so Al is officially a gangster known as scarface because he got a scar in his when someone knifed him.After this his boss moved to chicago in 09 and Al joined in 1920 which began the bootlegging business for their gang.Then his boss Torrio retired and Mr...
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...To What Extent was The Untied States of America Prosperous and United in the 1920’s? America was not prosperous or united during the 1920’s. Although there were reasons to show that The United States were prosperous during this time, there are stronger arguments and ‘harder’ evidence to show that most of population were neither prosperous nor united. These arguments are, the collapse of the American economy in the late 1920’s and the countries economical situation, prohibition and the truth in society a large part of this being racism. There are signs of prosperity and unity in the 1920’s for the Americans; evidence of prosperity is that sales in radios went from 60,000 to 10,000,000 this wasn’t because they were a necessity it was because they could be bought, a statement of wealth. Woodrow Wilson started progresism. Henry Ford made the model T car the first mass produced. They went from $3 billion in debt to $3 billion in profit. Businesses were averaging 80% profits. This all sounds fantastic and how does this mean there was no prosperity or unity? Maybe America was dancing on a volcano that they weren’t prepared to erupt. Late October 1929 the American economy collapses. From a massive high to major low, politicians claimed “Invincibility,” “Untouchable” and “On a Permanent High,” days before the crash. Surely a country cannot be prosperous when they go into recession or when there economy collapses. The economy collapsed mainly due to the fact that America went into ‘isolation...
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...B oB Marley Recent Titles in Greenwood Biographies Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Bography Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz Blle Holday: A Bography Meg Greene Elvs Presley: A Bography Kathleen Tracy Shaqulle O’Neal: A Bography Murry R. Nelson Dr. Dre: A Bography John Borgmeyer Bonne and Clyde: A Bography Nate Hendley Martha Stewart: A Bography Joann F. Price Mchael Jordan: A Bography David L. Porter Alex Rodrquez: A Bography Wayne Stewart Steven Spelberg: A Bography Kathi Jackson Madonna: A Bography Mary Cross Jacke Robnson: A Bography Mary Kay Linge B oB Marley a Biography David V. Moskowitz greenwood b iographies GreenwooD Press westPort, connecticut • lonDon Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moskowtz, Davd V. (Davd Vlado), 1969 – Bob Marley : a bography / Davd V. Moskowtz. p. cm. — (Greenwood bographes, ISSN 1540-4900) Dscography: p. Includes bblographcal references and ndex. ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33879–3 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–313–33879–5 (alk. paper) 1. Marley, Bob. 2. Reggae muscans —Jamaca—Bography. I. Ttle. ML420.M3313M66 2007 782.421646092—dc22 [B] 2007018313 Brtsh Lbrary Catalogung n Publcaton Data s avalable. Copyrght © 2007 by Davd V. Moskowtz All rghts reserved. No porton of ths book may be reproduced, by any process or technque, wthout the express wrtten consent of the publsher. Lbrary of Congress Catalog Card Number:...
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