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Animal [electronic resource] : the bloody rise and fall of the mob's most feared assassin / Casey Sherman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sherman, Casey, 1969-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Assassins--United States--Biography.
Assassins.
Organized crime--United States--History.
Organized crime.
Barboza, Joseph, 1932-1976.
Barboza, Joseph.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 p.)
Place of Publication:
Boston : Northeastern University Press, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Before Whitey Bulger's bloody reign, before the Boston FBI was torn apart by indictments and revelations of corruption-there was Joe ""The Animal"" Barboza
Contents:
Prologue
Thacher Island ; september 1967
Deviltry, dirt, and degradation
That pig on the hill
Wild thing
Top echelon
Skullduggery
Uncaged
War
Ruthless men
Deegan
Turning up the heat
The mickey mouse club
The hit parade
Double cross
Deal makers
Baron's isle
Ka-boom!
The lying game
A murder in the woods
California dreaming
The ghost of Joe Barboza
Where are they now?
Casualties of the Boston mob war, 1961/1967
Author's note.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1-299-38489-7
1-55553-821-5
OCLC:
831121030

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