Bibliograph

The Boston mob guide, hit men, hoodlums & hideouts, Beverly Ford & Stephanie Schorow

Type

Label

The Boston mob guide, hit men, hoodlums & hideouts, Beverly Ford & Stephanie Schorow

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Boston mob guide

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Beverly Ford & Stephanie Schorow

Series statement

True Crime

Sub title

hit men, hoodlums & hideouts

Summary

Explore the backrooms and seedy hangouts throughout the real story of Boston's gangster past in this true crime history guide. The capture of notorious mobster James "Whitey" Bulger closed an infamous chapter in Boston history, yet the city's criminal underworld has a long and bloody rap sheet that stretches back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Journalists Ford and Schorow reveal the underbelly of Boston through profiles of ruthless gangsters like Charles "King" Solomon, the Angiulo brothers, Joseph "The Animal" Barboza, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and many more who carried out deadly hits and lucrative heists

Target audience

adult

Classification