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The Last of the Untouchables
Where men on both sides of the law, likely as not were working for a scarfaced hoodlum named Capone...
Where those who didn't play the Mob's savage game earned themselves a cement suit and a free trip to the shore - one-way... Where a great city lay trembling in the grip of punks, thugs and killers...
Streets which saw THE UNTOUCHABLES - the legend, the symbol of daring devotion and brutal courage in the face of overwhelming odds.
Streets where the only shadows were those of Capone's torpedoes, the only sounds the shattering stream of sub-machine guns with their "dum-dum" bullets, and the muffled roar of "pineapples" sending more souls to hell.
Where those who didn't play the Mob's savage game earned themselves a cement suit and a free trip to the shore - one-way... Where a great city lay trembling in the grip of punks, thugs and killers...
Streets which saw THE UNTOUCHABLES - the legend, the symbol of daring devotion and brutal courage in the face of overwhelming odds.
Streets where the only shadows were those of Capone's torpedoes, the only sounds the shattering stream of sub-machine guns with their "dum-dum" bullets, and the muffled roar of "pineapples" sending more souls to hell.
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1987
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December 10, 2007
Paul Robsky and Oscar Fraley's "The Last of the Untouchables" was re-released in the wake of the 'Prohibition mania' that greeted the 1987 De Palma movie starring Kevin Costner and Robert DeNiro. The original version came out in 1962.
Paul Robsky, who had been an aerial photographer in France during WW I and spent a hazardous year as a dry agent in the 'Moonshine Mountains' of South Carolina, was one of the first men to join Ness' elite squad of Prohibition enforcement officers. A lot of the wild exploits that he recounted to his co-author were probably exaggerated to ensure that the book would appeal to fans of the black and white "Untouchables" TV series starring Robert Stack. But once the reader acknowledges that concession to the publicity racket, "The Last of the Untouchables" can be enjoyed as an insider's look at a colorful and dangerous era. As the last member of Ness' squad to leave Chicago, Robsky witnessed every phase of the assault on Al Capone's bootlegging operation, and provides an interesting summary of the aftermath.
Paul Robsky, who had been an aerial photographer in France during WW I and spent a hazardous year as a dry agent in the 'Moonshine Mountains' of South Carolina, was one of the first men to join Ness' elite squad of Prohibition enforcement officers. A lot of the wild exploits that he recounted to his co-author were probably exaggerated to ensure that the book would appeal to fans of the black and white "Untouchables" TV series starring Robert Stack. But once the reader acknowledges that concession to the publicity racket, "The Last of the Untouchables" can be enjoyed as an insider's look at a colorful and dangerous era. As the last member of Ness' squad to leave Chicago, Robsky witnessed every phase of the assault on Al Capone's bootlegging operation, and provides an interesting summary of the aftermath.
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September 16, 2022Interesting follow up to The Untouchables. Some of the stories related in the book made it to the Desilu television production, as using a truck with a battering ram, and installing a phone tap. Brave men who helped defeat the Capone gang.
May 24, 2016
An interesting book -- and there are several inconsistencies between it, and the previous other books, mainly "THE UNTOUCHABLES", which describes the same period. The most obvious: the other book says no agents were ever bribed, while this book says there were three agents at fault.
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August 11, 2016read some time in 1982
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