LC control no. | n 88282370 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Ness, Eliot |
Birth date | 1903-04-19 |
Death date | 1957-05-16 |
Found in | Nickel, S. Torso, 1989: CIP t.p. (Eliot Ness) CIP galley (FBI agent; age 31 in 1934) LC data base, 2-2-89 (hdg.: Ness, Eliot) Eliot Ness and The untouchables, 2000: CIP galley (d. 1957) Wikipedia, Mar. 14, 2018 (Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 - May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, bringing down Al Capone, and the leader of a famous team of law enforcement agents from Chicago, nicknamed The Untouchables. His co-authorship of a popular autobiography, The Untouchables, which was released shortly after his death, launched several television and motion picture portrayals that established Ness' posthumous fame as an incorruptible crime fighter) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Ness> |