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Anonymous
Posted December 10, 2005
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
A sad but great detailed look into Irish American history. At times it is actually scairy that these things even occured in the U.S. and only blocks from where I had grown up. I enjoyed this better than the 'Westies' , which is one of my all time fav's. Good luck to T.J.
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Anonymous
Posted December 14, 2005
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
A must read for any Irish-American. I found this book 10 times better than 'The Westies', and that was a great book. I read it in two sittings. A+
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Anonymous
Posted March 4, 2005
A classic and monumental history of poor inner city Irish in America.
TJ English masterfully ties together 150 years of Irish American criminal history from the desperate hooligans created by the great potato famine of the1850s to their descendants still living in Irish American ghettos today. The American inner city world of politics and crime, in English¿s skilled hands, becomes a sort of ¿new old country¿ in which the reader is completely immersed with brutal stories of desperation and survival. If you are a crime buff of any kind you will not be able to put this book down. If you are Irish American and curious about why we are the way we are, this book is a high powered microscope focused on the primal struggles of the toughest of the tough, trying to get ahead using the only skill they ever learned on the streets of America, violent crime.
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tmikeob
Posted February 5, 2012
And you thought the Irish were all religious!
Slow in places, but a very good read - especially if you're Irish.
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