The Boston Mob Guide

Download or read book The Boston Mob Guide written by Beverly Ford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the backrooms and seedy hangouts throughout the real story of Boston’s gangster past in this true crime history guide. The capture of notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger closed an infamous chapter in Boston history, yet the city’s criminal underworld has a long and bloody rap sheet that stretches back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Journalists Ford and Schorow reveal the underbelly of Boston through profiles of ruthless gangsters like Charles “King” Solomon, the Angiulo brothers, Joseph “The Animal” Barboza, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi and many more who carried out deadly hits and lucrative heists.