without further adieu, with great joy, deidre bair. thank you. there will be a questions and answer period afterwards. you can step up to the mic in and ask your question. >> well, thank you all for coming adelightful to see everyone here and so many good friends that makes me especially happy. i'm going to begin tonight by reading a few pages from the book it's going to give you a brief introduction to al capone, starting with the man himself and then with the legend that he became, and then i'm going to talk a little bit about his life and his legacy to sort of give you a sense what you're going to find when you read the book yourself. this is how i begin the book. this is the story of a ruthless killer, scofflaw. a kipper of brothels and bore del load, tax chill, a perpetrator of fraud, convict felon, and a mindless, blubbering idiot. this is also the story of a loving son, a husband, and a father, who described himself as a businessman, whose job was to serve the people what they wanted. al capone was all of these. he died in 1947 and almost