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Sherman Casey <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Animal [[electronic resource] ] : the bloody rise and fall of the mob's most feared assassin / / Casey Sherman |
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Boston, : Northeastern University Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-38489-7 |
1-55553-821-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Assassins - United States |
Organized crime - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue -- Thacher Island ; september 1967 -- Deviltry, dirt, and degradation -- That pig on the hill -- Wild thing -- Top echelon -- Skullduggery -- Uncaged -- War -- Ruthless men -- Deegan -- Turning up the heat -- The mickey mouse club -- The hit parade -- Double cross -- Deal makers -- Deegan -- Baron's isle -- Ka-boom! -- The lying game -- A murder in the woods -- California dreaming -- The ghost of Joe Barboza -- Where are they now? -- Casualties of the Boston mob war, 1961/1967 -- Author's note. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Before Whitey Bulger's bloody reign, before the Boston FBI was torn apart by indictments and revelations of corruption-there was Joe ""The Animal"" Barboza |
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