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Killing the mob : the fight against organized crime in America /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: O'Reilly, Bill. Killing series ; Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781250273659
  • 125027365X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Killing the mobDDC classification:
  • 364.1060973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6446 .O727 2021
Summary: Covering the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, O'Reilly and Dugard trace the prohibition-busting bank robbers of the Depression Era, such as John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby-Face Nelson. In addition, the authors highlight the creation of the Mafia Commission, the power struggles within the "Five Families," the growth of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, the mob battles to control Cuba, Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as the personal war between the U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and legendary Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.Summary: "The true history of organized crime"--
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 364.1 O'RE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000584031

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Covering the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, O'Reilly and Dugard trace the prohibition-busting bank robbers of the Depression Era, such as John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby-Face Nelson. In addition, the authors highlight the creation of the Mafia Commission, the power struggles within the "Five Families," the growth of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, the mob battles to control Cuba, Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as the personal war between the U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and legendary Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.

"The true history of organized crime"--

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