The Black Hand
The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Format: Book
Description: xix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Chronicles the dramatic story of the origins of the mafia in early twentieth-century America and the achievements of Italian-born detective Joseph Petrosino, who gave his life to fight it.
Contents:
Prologue: "a great and consuming terror" -- "This capital of half a world" -- Hunter of men -- "In mortal dread" -- The mysterious six -- A general rebellion -- Explosion -- Wave -- The General -- "The terror of hurtful people" -- "Once to be born, once to die" -- War without quarter -- The city of living death -- Backlash -- A secret service -- The gentleman -- In Sicily -- Black horses -- Goatville -- A return.
Subjects:
Organized crime -- United States -- Case studies.
Italians -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies.
Italian Americans -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
Extortion -- United States -- Case studies.
Murder -- United States -- Case studies.
Mafia -- United States -- Case studies.
Organized crime -- United States -- Case studies.
Italians -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies.
Italian Americans -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
Extortion -- United States -- Case studies.
Murder -- United States -- Case studies.
Mafia -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9780544633384 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRUE CRIME Tal | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and index.