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Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia

By Martha Macheca Sheldon, Thomas Hunt
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By Martha Macheca Sheldon, Thomas Hunt
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Second Edition: Set in the Gilded Age of New Orleans, this historical biography conveys J.P. Macheca's epic life story, as it finally sets the record straight on the 1890 assassination of Police Chief David Hennessy and the 1891 Crescent City lynchings. A longtime street warrior for the corrupt and ruthless New Orleans Democratic machine, Macheca was also the patron of the fledgling American Mafia in southern Louisiana. His underworld connections brought him into conflict with Hennessy and ...

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