{"title":"William J. Helmer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWILLIAM J. HELMER is the author of five books on the American gangland era, including \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Public Enemy Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe St. Valentine’s Day Massacre\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBaby Face Nelson\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelmer earned a Bachelor of Journalism and an M.A. in History from the University of Texas at Austin, and served as a Senior Editor at Playboy in Chicago from 1969 to 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Helmer served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1953 to 1961, reaching the rank of Radioman First Class. That grounding in disciplined record-keeping and research shapes his rigorously documented accounts of Depression-era crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam lived in Boerne, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. 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Since then it has been featured in countless histories, biographies, movies, and television specials. \u003cem\u003eThe St. Valentine's Day Massacr\u003c\/em\u003ee, however, is the first book-length treatment of the subject, and it challenges the commonly held assumption that Al Capone ordered the slayings to gain supremacy in the Chicago underworld.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581825498\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581825497\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"William J. 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