Gangster. The bosses of Chicago

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Gangster. The bosses of Chicago

Gangster. The Bosses of Chicago is a book by illustrator and book artist Robert Nippoldt . It was published in 2005 by Gerstenberg Verlag . In the same year it was published in French by La Joie de Lire. The book won various design awards; In 2005 it was awarded by the German Designer Club and in 2006 it received the Red Dot Design Award .

content

On 144 pages, the author introduces important gang bosses and explains their importance for Chicago's criminal milieu in the 1920s. The biographical portraits are embedded in historical and cultural facts. Each gangster is provided with a personal profile that contains information about their crimes, years in prison and the number of murders. The following gangsters are introduced in the book: Jim Colosimo , John Torrio , Dion O'Banion , Hymie Weiss , Vincent Drucci , George Moran , Frederick Burke, Frank Gusenberg, Jack Zuta , Alfred Jake Lingle, the duo Terry Druggan & Frankie Lake, William O 'Donnell, Frank McEarlane, Joe Saltis, Claude Maddox, Daniel Stanton, the Genna family , Salvatore Amatuna, Joseph Aiello , Frank Yale, Albert Anselmi , John Scalise , Frank Rio, Jack McGurn , Frank Nitti , Jake Guzik , Ralph Capone, Anthony Lombardo and Alphonse Capone . In addition to the criminals portrayed, the illustrations also show infographics (e.g. about the division of gangster areas in Chicago, the hierarchy or the importance of prohibition for the underworld) as well as significant events such as the Valentine's Day massacre in 1929.

Book editions

German edition

  • Robert Nippoldt: gangsters. The bosses of Chicago. Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim 2005, ISBN 978-3806729412 .

French edition

Awards

Press reviews

  • A wonderful panorama of the gangster milieu of the 20s ... a book has not been so beautiful and so bloody for a long time. - Dr. Paul Kersten NDR culture journal
  • As loving as a butterfly collector, Robert Nippoldt has compiled the biographies of 33 villains. - Stern, Hamburg
  • Shrouded in legend and a multiple film character, hardly anyone knows the facts behind the rise and fall of the most famous gangster of his time, Al Capone. Robert Nippold now presents a book that not only makes it easy for the aesthetes among crime readers to acquire basic knowledge. - Anne Göhring / Olaf Selg, cover culture magazine , Würzburg
  • With just a few strokes, Robert Nippoldt brings the world of gangsters back to life. He presents personalities around the hard core of Al Capone, types from gentlemen to pimps. - ZDF aspects, Mainz
  • A wonderfully illustrated foray through the crooks milieu of the 20s. - Focus, Munich
  • A magnificent volume with numerous, artistically appealing, partly colored drawings and many other, lovingly selected details about the 33 "bosses of Chicago" in the roaring twenties. - Wolfgang Haan, listening and reading, Herzogenrath
  • An original book, great research, a pleasure to read - congratulations! - 3Sat Bookmark, Helmut Markwort , Mainz
  • A book the way we love it - exciting content, dreamlike illustrations, a clear and yet fresh layout. - Novum, design magazine, Munich

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Video: Gangster. The Bosses of Chicago , NDR Kulturjournal, 2007
  2. ↑ Famose Ballermänner , stern.de, 2005
  3. ^ Al Capone & Co : Review in the title culture magazine , 2006
  4. ↑ Video: Gangster. The Bosses of Chicago , ZDF Aspects, 2007
  5. ↑ Is Al Capone rightly called the boss of the bosses? hoeren-undlesen.de, 2007