Laurence bergreen al capone biography
In this brilliant history of Prohibition and its most notorious gangster, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen takes us to the gritty streets of Chicago where.
In this brilliant history of Prohibition and its most notorious gangster, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen takes us to the gritty streets of Chicago where Al Capone forged his sinister empire....
Laurence Bergreen
American historian and author (born )
Laurence Bergreen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Laurence R.
Bergreen[1] |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | –present |
| Genre | History, biography |
| Notable works | Over the Edge of the World (), Capone: The Man and the Era (), Irving Berlin () |
Laurence Bergreen (born February 4, , in New York City)[1] is an American historian and author.
Career
After graduating from Harvard University in , Bergreen worked in journalism, academia and broadcasting before publishing his first biography, James Agee: A Life.
Bergreen has written books on historical subjects, such as Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth, a narrative of NASA's exploration of Mars, and Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe.
Bergreen's biography, Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu,[2&