This book recounts a famous turf war raged during Prohibition. Charlie Birger's outsized ambitions brought him from New York to southern Illinois in search of fortune as a bootlegger. He soon found that his dream to be "even bigger than Al Capone" faced a few hurdles-including the vicious Shelton Brothers and Helen Holbrook, a beautiful, alcoholic socialite from Shawneetown, whose simultaneous affairs with Birger and Carl Shelton fueled a bloody and bizarre gang war.
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Donald Bain is the author or ghostwriter of more than 80 books, including the best selling Murder, She wrote series of original murder mystery novels based upon the popular show. His books include mysteries, comedies, investigative journalism, westerns, biographies, historical romances, and Mafia novels. He lectures frequently and is a popular guest on radio and TV talk shows.
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This review is from: Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame: Love and Madness in the Roaring Twenties--An Incredible True Story (Paperback)
this book is an excellent book for people who just like a good gangster story, but it is especially good for people interested in true crime or anyone from southern illinois. the product description on this page is inaccurate though. i wont get into the issues specifically but almost all of it is wrong. read this book anyway. charlie birger remains one of the most interesting characters to come from prohibition americana and so is the shawnee town dame.
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