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Gangsters of Boston
Gangsters of Boston is the first comprehensive account of three centuries of thug life in the city where America began. In chilling new detail, veteran Boston journalist George Hassett reveals the legendary crime stories of Boston - from Prohibition to the Mafia, the Irish Gang War to Whitey Bulger. The forgotten chapters of Boston gang history are also covered - from the role of street gangs in the American Revolution to Chinatowns infamous Tong Wars to the murder of number king Daddy Black - it is all here…every neighborhood, every era, every gangster.
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Gangsters of Boston
Gangsters of Boston is the first comprehensive account of three centuries of thug life in the city where America began. In chilling new detail, veteran Boston journalist George Hassett reveals the legendary crime stories of Boston - from Prohibition to the Mafia, the Irish Gang War to Whitey Bulger. The forgotten chapters of Boston gang history are also covered - from the role of street gangs in the American Revolution to Chinatowns infamous Tong Wars to the murder of number king Daddy Black - it is all here…every neighborhood, every era, every gangster.
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Gangsters of Boston

Gangsters of Boston

by George Hassett
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Overview

Gangsters of Boston is the first comprehensive account of three centuries of thug life in the city where America began. In chilling new detail, veteran Boston journalist George Hassett reveals the legendary crime stories of Boston - from Prohibition to the Mafia, the Irish Gang War to Whitey Bulger. The forgotten chapters of Boston gang history are also covered - from the role of street gangs in the American Revolution to Chinatowns infamous Tong Wars to the murder of number king Daddy Black - it is all here…every neighborhood, every era, every gangster.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467526708
Publisher: Strategic Media Books
Publication date: 05/15/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 857,442
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Boston, Massachusetts based George Hassett has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in the Boston area for publications such as The Boston Phoenix, Somerville News and Cambridge Chronicle. His crime reporting has also appeared in national magazines such as FEDS and ASIS and he has been interviewed as an expert on Boston organized crime for television and radio specials.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Whitey's Back 7

How Boston's Street Gangs Sparked the American Revolution 9

Adam Worth: The Boston Bank Robber Who Inspired Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Rival 19

Prohibition: Corrupt Cops, a Kennedy, and the Gangster 'King' 29

Daddy Black and the Story of the Numbers Game 41

Gangsters in Blue Uniforms: Corrupt Police and an Upstart Black Mob 47

Malcolm X and the Legend of Detroit Red 51

Tony Pino and the Brink's Robbery: A $3 Million Love Affair 59

Raymond Patriarca and Jerry Angiulo: Dons of the New England Mafia 73

The Kennedy's: Whiskey Barons in the White House 85

James "Buddy" McLean and the Story of the Irish Gang War 101

The FBI in Boston: Hoover, Lies and Murder 117

The Campbell Brothers: Godfathers of Boston's Black Mob 131

Whitey Bulger: How Boston's Biggest Rat Corrupted the FBI 153

Armed Robbery Capital: Charlestown's Criminal Subculture Revealed 177

Fall From Grace: The Decline of the New England Mafia 191

Chinatown Tongs and Cape Verdean Gang Wars 205

God and the Crack Era: The Rise and Fall of Darryl Whiting 219

Street Gangs in Boston: 25 Years of Deadly Rivalry 233

How The Wiseguys Saved Boston 247

Epilogue 263

Bibliography 267

Acknowledgments 271

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