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Title Paddy whacked : the untold story of the Irish American gangster featuring Whitey Bulger, Jack "Legs" Diamond, Dean O'Banion, George "Bugs" Moran, Owney Madden, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, Mike McDonald, Jimmy Walker, John Morrissey, Buddy McLean, Danny Greene, Mickey Featherstone, Tom Pendergast, Edward "Spike" O'Donnell, Jimmy Coonan, Mickey Spillane / T.J. English.
Author English, T. J., 1957-
Publication New York : Harper, 2006.
Copyright date ©2005
Edition First paperback edition.
Description xi, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call # 364.10923 E
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Part 1: Birth of the underworld. Blood at the root ; A perfect hell on earth ; Up from Mud City ; Delirium tremens or new clothes on an old dame ; The dagos vs. the micks ; Requiem for a mad dog ; The smoke-filled room and other tales of political malfeasance -- Part 2: A long way from Tipperary. Hard hats & hard men ; The patriarch ; Irish vs. Irish ; I left my heart in Hell's Kitchen ; Last call at the Celtic Club ; Mickey's monkey ; Southie serenade : Whitey on the run -- Epilogue.
Subject Organized crime -- United States -- History.
Irish American criminals -- United States -- History.
Gangsters -- United States -- History.
Gangsters. (OCoLC)fst00937713
Irish American criminals. (OCoLC)fst00978926
Organized crime. (OCoLC)fst01047884
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0060590033 (paperback) :
9780060590031 (paperback)

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