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Hitmen : the mafia, drugs, and the East Harlem Purple Gang / Scott M. Deitche.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deitche, Scott M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Harlem Purple Gang.
- Mafia--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Mafia.
- Organized crime--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Organized crime.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
- Summary:
- "The East Harlem Purple Gang emerged in early 1970s and quickly earned a reputation for violence, contract killings, drug operations, and became the farm team for the Mafia. Hitmen uncovers their dark and twisted history in the gritty New York City organized crime scene of the 70s and 80s"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Origins
- What's in a name?
- A capacity for violence
- The drug game
- Rockland County
- The Milgram murder
- .22 caliber killers
- The shopping spree
- The viserto drug trial
- The early eighties
- A killing on thunderboat row
- The crackdown
- The Michael Meldish murder
- The leaders of the families.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8183-639-9
- 1-5381-5357-2
- OCLC:
- 1264727894
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