The Purple Gang: Organized Crime in Detroit 1910-1945

Now back in print, this is a story of one of America’s most powerful and infamous groups of thugs and mobsters.

The Prohibition Era allowed the sinister practices of the black market to gain a foothold in American commerce. When legal trade was no longer allowed to supply American consumers with alcohol, they turned to those who could supply the booty. And so in Detroit, a city perfectly positioned to receive contraband from neighboring Canada, a group of young men grew in power and profile ...