Gangland Boston: A Tour Through the Deadly Streets of Organized Crime

ISBN-13: 9781493030361 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 216 str.

Emily Sweeney

Opis

Welcome to Boston's criminal underworld -Author covers crime for the Boston Globe -An entire chapter dedicated to Whitey Bulger: "Whitey's World" -150 photos from author's own Boston crime archives and more Organized criminals have haunted Greater Boston's history, lurking just around the corner or inside that nondescript building. Packed with photos, sidebars, and maps, Gangland Boston reveals the secrets of these places, showing how the Italian mafia and Irish gangs rose to power, how the Winter Hill gang ascended to prominence, and how James "Whitey" Bulger became the region's most feared crime boss. These are the places where deals were made, people were killed, and bodies were unearthed. From South Boston to the North End, Chinatown, Downtown, and Charlestown; Somerville, Brookline, and more . . . come and see where mobsters lived, worked, ate, played, and died.