Bosses and Blackjacks: A Tale of "The Bloody Fifth" in Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9781523349098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 410 str.

L. C. Bennett Stern

Opis

Based on true events... Award-Winning Finalist in the "True Crime: Non-Fiction" category of the 2017 International Book Awards. Politics in Philadelphia is a rough game...has been since the time of Ben Franklin. But, when political murder takes place in the Fifth Ward (home to the Liberty Bell) on primary Election Day in 1917, it sparks outrage-not just in Philadelphia, but throughout the nation. Police Lieutenant David Bennett is arrested, along with Mayor Smith, and others in the powerful Vare brothers' political machine. WWI now shares headlines across the country with the sensational trial in the "City of Brotherly Love." It's all here-Love, friendship, greed, betrayal, and murder Who imported New York's "Frog Hollow Gang?" Who murdered a special detective on primary day? Who is really in charge in "The Bloody Fifth?"