Bibliographic Details
| Main Creator: |
McGinley, John Joe, author. |
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| Summary: | "This book tells the sotry of America's most notorious Irish-American gangters - the men who rose from poverty, brutally created criminal empires and made millions before more often than not dying violently. In different circumstances, these men could have been captains of industry, politicans or union leaders; instead they chose a path of crime that turned them into some of the most wanted men in America. No story of Irish-American gangsters would be complete without a look at such gangs as The White Hand Gang, The Gophers, The Northside Gang, The Winter Hill Gang and the Westies which provided the stepping stones for these dark figures to operate their reigns of mayhem and murder through the murky criminal underworld. Gangsters like Whitney Bulger, vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll, George 'Machine Gun' Kelly and Owney 'The Killer' Madden. 'The Irish Wise Guys' is a no-holds-barred account by John Joe McGinley focusing on these crime bosses for whom death and destruction was a daily currency in their lives." -- Taken from back cover of volume.
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published / Created: |
Bray, Co. Wicklow :
Ballpoint Press,
2020.
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| Notes: | Physical description: 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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| ISBN: | 9781916086357
1916086357 |
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