Shadow of the Racketeer: Scandal in Organized Labor

by David Witwer

Book Overview

Shadow of the Racketeer: Scandal in Organized Labor tells the story of organized crime's move into labor racketeering in the 1930s, focusing on a union corruption scandal involving payments from the largest Hollywood movie studios to the Chicago mob to ensure a pliant labor supply for their industry. The book details the work of crusading journalist Westbrook Pegler, whose scorching investigative work dramatically exposed the mob connections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252076664
• ISBN13: 9780252076664
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"