Whitey Bulger
Subtitle: America's most wanted gangster and the manhunt that brought him to justice
By: Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy
Contributors: Murphy, Shelley
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780393087727; 9780393347258
Subjects: Organized crime; Gangsters; Case studies; Fugitives from justice; Biography
Description: Chronicles the criminal career of the gangster who provided a protection racket against drug lords, ran illegal gambling, robbed banks, and served as an informant for the FBI until going into hiding for sixteen years.  Raised in a South Boston housing project, James "Whitey" Bulger became the most wanted fugitive of his generation. In this story the authors follow his criminal career from teenage thievery to bank robberies to the building of his underworld empire and a string of brutal murders as well as the epic manhunt for the gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-464) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Rise. The lessons of Logan Way ; Stick-up man ; The university of Alcatraz ; Becoming untouchable ; Just don't clip anyone ; Southie is his hometown.; title: The Reign. A beautiful friendship ; Lancaster Street ; Circles within circles ; Overreach ; The wrong man ; Deep in the haunty.; title: The Run. A head start ; Where's Whitey? ; St. Monica's west ; Uncontrolled wickedness ; Captured: the man without a country.