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Language
English
Formats
Description
Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader;...
2) A mob story
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010, c2002
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
Physical Desc
295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chris Paciello seemed to have it all. With heartthrob good looks and an A-list roster of clients and friends, he was a South Beach businessman/playboy whose local fame was reaching new heights-until his "wise guy" past came crashing down upon him.
When some of Chris's former 'fellas were arrested, they ratted him out to the government. One case in particular-a botched robbery that turned deadly-was a time bomb that would blow the cushy new world...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vi, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles the contract killers, fixers, and enforcers whose violent acts of conspiracy, racketeering, extortion, and murder helped John Gotti become the most powerful crime boss in America.
Author
Series
Killing volume 10
Language
English
Description
"Killing the Mob is the tenth book in Bill O'Reilly's #1 New York Times bestselling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over 320 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. O'Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation's most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and especially,...
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of one of the most powerful mobsters in America describes growing up amidst the glamour and tragedy of 1940s, '50s, and '60s Las Vegas and recounts knowing Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano, and Frank Sinatra during her childhood.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From T.J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America"--
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The thrilling and true account of racketeering and union corruption in mid-century New York, when unions and the mob were locked in a power struggle that reverberates to this day"--
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Citadel hardcover printing.
Physical Desc
xiv, 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on exclusive interviews before his death in 2020 at age 103, SONNY is the first and only authorized biography of legendary mob boss John "Sonny" Franzese, the head of the Columbo crime family and financier of the infamous film Deep Throat. An old school Mafioso, he kept silent on his nine decade career in organized crime, remaining loyal to the Mafia oath throughout 30 years in prison, until he finally agreed to talk to award-winning Newsday...
Author
Publisher
Kerrera House Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sex, Money and Murder. In 1987 a heroin addict murdered an Emmy Award-winning choreographer in Manhattan. Then a wealthy LA surgeon and his teenaged son were targeted. In 1991, an out-of-work redneck flew to London with cyanide to poison three members of a male exotic dance review. If the poison didn't work, he was told to use a hammer to beat them to death. Who was behind these seemingly unrelated horrific crimes? Deadly Dance tells the fascinating...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America during the 1930s and 1940s--and the fearless Jewish gangsters and crime families who joined forces to fight back...with a vengeance.With an intense cinematic style, acclaimed nonfiction crime author Michael Benson divulges the thrilling role of Jewish mobsters like Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel in stomping out the terrifying tide of Nazi sympathizers in the years leading to WWII." -- amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes President Nixon's association, through a political advisor and lawyer, with individuals in the Mafia, including Mickey Cohen, Meyer Lansky, Jimmy Hoffa, and Carlos Marcello and details the favors he exchanged with them to advance his own career.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the long annals of sports and crime, no story compares to the one that engulfed the Luckman family in 1935. As eighteen-year-old Sid Luckman made headlines across New York City for his football exploits at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, his father, Meyer Luckman, was making headlines in the same papers for a very different reason: the gangland murder of his own brother-in-law. Amazingly, after Sid became a star at Columbia and then led...
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