Killing the mob : the fight against organized crime in America / Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
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TextSeries: O'Reilly, Bill. Killing series: Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250273659Subject(s): Organized crime -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Mafia -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Outlaws -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography | Gangsters -- United States -- 20th century -- BiographyGenre/Form: True crime stories. DDC classification: 364.1060973 LOC classification: HV6446 | .O727 2021Summary: 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.
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| 364.1 Lefk Our guys | 364.1 Livs The manson women | 364.1 Mail Oswald's tale | 364.10 O'REIL Killing the mob : the fight against organized crime in America / | 364.1 RULE Green river, running red | 364.1 SIMP If I did it : | 364.15 BALA Raised by a serial killer : discovering the truth about my father / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-278) 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.
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