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02453aam a2200349 4500 001 F171788CE8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230502011626 008 180516t20192017||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0999263528 020 $a 9780999263525 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Passick, Betty Brandt, $e author. 245 1 $a Gangster in our midst : $b Bookkeeper, lieutenant and sometimes hitman to Al Capone. / / $c Betty Brandt Passick. 250 $a Third edition: January 15, 2019 (modified front and back covers.) 264 1 $a United States : $b Betty Brandt Passick, BBPCOM, INC,, $c 2019. 300 $a 221 pages : $b map ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a Marshal Sweeney Delaney was just a rookie in his small Iowa town when Congress ratified the 18th Amendment. Prohibition threw the whole nation into a tailspin. Even teetotaling Christians jumped on the bandwagon and began making panther piss in a still behind the barn. Thenâa Chicago gangster came to town. His name: Louie La Cava. Sweeney followed the adage: Keep your friends close; your enemies closer. Two old friends are part of his inner circle: Walter Bierkoff, a farmer and man of keen curiosity, and the perspicacious Father John Halpin, priest at the I. C. Catholic Church.BETTY BRANDT PASSICK is married and a grandmother, retired from a Fortune 500 Company, and spends her days with their bichon âButtersâ at her side, while writing books renowned for their infusions of earthy soul, faith-isms, and Midwestern values. In early 2016, she decided to research the âmystery manâ who first came to her Iowa hometown around 1920. Locals believed he had links to Al Capone, but no one knew for sure. Through FBI and police reports, newspaper accountsâand the embellished tales of those who knew the gangster best, she weaves this unique and sometimes wacky story. Gangster in our Midst is her third book. 541 $d 20220613. 600 14 $a Capone, Al $v Fiction. 650 $a Criminals $z Iowa $v Fiction. 650 $a Prohibition $z Iowa $v Fiction. 650 $a Authors, American. 650 $a Mafia $z Iowa $v Fiction. 650 $a Mafia trials $v Fiction. 651 $a Iowa $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l VYPA964 $d 20230502013624.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F171788CE8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search