I totally agree about Capone. When I was younger I thought that he was so cool, but then I learned more about him. He's very much overrated. Now Luciano, he's cool. Let's just say that he was very "organized." I believe he is kind of underrated. I did not know who he was until I read Mafia Dynasty. I like Gotti, but Luciano was the original "Dapper Don."[/b][/quote]I agree, too. He was a great publicity hound, and to many, he's as much a symbol of the Roaring Twenties as Lindbergh and Babe Ruth. I give him credit for organizing a big operation and for diversifying into other rackets (like labor). But, despite his wealth and power, he never totally dominated the booze trade in Chicago, never completely eliminated the freelancers or the North Side gang, his sworn enemies. He bought politicians by the truckload, but he was still forced to spend a year in a Pa. prison on a gun rap that he manufactured, in order to escape shifting political tides. He spent millions on lawyers, but only one was reasonably competent--and he fired that guy. He had an opportunity to settle the tax case with the government that probably wouldn't have resulted in jail time--and he let it pass by. His syphillis symptoms showed up early enough that a doctor wanted to give him a spinal tap to make a diagnosis, which might have resulted in early treatment. He turned that down, too, because he was afraid of needles. Sure, he made a lot of money, but he died miserably, nearly broke, after spending more than 10 years in jail, most of it in the nation's toughest lockup.