Traces the key figures in Chicago's underworld from the early twentieth century to 2003, describing their pivotal roles in organized crime and gangs, their typically brutal methods, and their powerful personalities.
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The Coves - San Francisco's first organised-crime gang - were Australians- men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which Ameri…
The Coves - San Francisco's first organised-crime gang - were Australians- men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which Ameri…
The Coves - San Francisco's first organised-crime gang - were Australians- men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which Ameri…
The former deputy, partner, and trusted confidante of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, head of Boston's Irish mob, describes his more than twenty-year career at the side of the notorious fugitive and underworld boss.
The former deputy, partner, and trusted confidante of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, head of Boston's Irish mob, describes his more than twenty-year career at the side of the notorious fugitive and underworld boss.
The former deputy, partner, and trusted confidante of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, head of Boston's Irish mob, describes his more than twenty-year career at the side of the notorious fugitive and underworld boss.
The former deputy, partner, and trusted confidante of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, head of Boston's Irish mob, describes his more than twenty-year career at the side of the notorious fugitive and underworld boss.
The life, crimes and bloody end of John 'Goldfinger' Palmer were straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster - and Marnie Palmer, his wife of forty years, had a front row seat. The poor Solihull lad, whose childhood home was so cold the goldfish froze, fought his way up to a lifesty…
James 'Whitey Bulger is the last of the old-fashioned gangsters. A polished, sophisticated psychopath, Bulger's Boston reign of fear lasted 20 years - he was second only to Osama bin Laden on the FBI's most wanted list. Captured after 16 years in hiding, he now sits in a maximum…
"Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen"--Provided by publisher.
"Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen"--Provided by publisher.
"Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen"--Provided by publisher
