Fast-paced action from the deserts of Southern California to the tunnels below Chicago.
Working for Capone, the risks, the secrets. Prohibition, the love between Gladys and Al.
By the time I was seventeen, my step-grandfather, Joe Mayer, started telling me his stories. We called him “Daddy Joe”. Now that I knew about Al Capone and my mother, he figured I should know the rest. I had no idea this gentle man had led such a dangerous life. His stories of WWI, bootlegging, working for Capone, and why he risked his life because of his deep love for my grandmother, Ida.
When I mentioned one day I would tell my mother’s story—keep my promise—he asked that I also tell his story, Capone’s “Fortress West".
This is for "Daddy Joe."