For nearly two centuries, Irish-American gangsters carved their legend into the streets of America. From the Dead Rabbits rioting in the slums of 19th-century New York, to the bloody bootlegging wars of Prohibition, and finally to the ruthless reign of Whitey Bulger in Boston, the Irish Mob shaped organized crime in ways history often forgets.
This pocket book delivers a fast-paced, essential overview of the figures, wars, and rackets that defined the Irish Mob Ñ Dinny Meehan and the White Hand Gang on the Brooklyn docks, Dean OÕBanionÕs North Side Gang in Chicago, Owney MaddenÕs Cotton Club empire in Harlem, Danny GreeneÕs car-bomb war in Cleveland, and the WestiesÕ brutal alliance with the Gambinos in HellÕs Kitchen.
Packed with fact files, timelines, and stories of gangland power, The Irish Mob Pocket Book is your guide through the brutal rise, violent feuds, and bloody fall of AmericaÕs Irish underworld., Prohibition Era, 1920s, the irish mob, true crime, gangsters, crime, Owen Forsyth| 9781291999969 | 75PAGES