Boston Mob: The Rise and Fall of the New England Mob and Its Most Notorious Killer

by Marc Songini

Book Overview

The New England Mafia was a hugely powerful organization that survived by using violence to ruthlessly crush anyone that threatened it, or its lucrative gambling, loansharking, bootlegging and other enterprises. Psychopathic strongman Joseph "The Animal" Barboza was one of the most feared mob enforcers of all time, killing as many as thirty people for business and pleasure. From information based on newly declassified documents and the use of underworld...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312373635
• ISBN13: 9780312373634
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"