The mammoth book of gangs
Subtitle: [the fascinating inside story of 34 notorious gangs]
By: James Morton
Publisher: Running Press; Robinson
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780762444366
Subjects: Organized crime; History
Other titles: Gangs
Description: A chilling look at gangs in every part of the world by an accomplished writer. Includes gangs such as "Ma" Barker's Boys, the Purple Gang of Detroit, and the Smaldones of Denver. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Subtitle on cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-502).
Table of contents: title: Marm Mandelbaum; title: The Foster and Stander Gangs; title: The Ashley-Mobley Gang; title: Johnny Torrio and Al Capone; title: The Lewis-Jones Gang; title: Rocco and Bessie Perri; title: The Purples; title: Gang Wars of the 1920s and 1930s; title: Ma Barker and her boys; title: John Dillinger; title: Murder Inc.; title: Prostitution in Soho, The French Gangs; title: The Messina Brothers; title: The Sabinis; title: Mimile Buisson and the Front Wheel Drive Gang; title: Billy Hill, "Boss of Britain's Underworld"; title: Jock Spot; title: The Painters and Dockers War; title: The Great Bookie Robbery; title: Jimmy "The Gent" Burke and the Luftansa Robbery; title: Bertie Smalls and the Wembley Mob; title: The Kray Twins in Soho; title: The Dixie Mafia; title: The Cocaine War; title: The Birth of the Prison Gang; title: The Scottish Godfather; title: Brinks'-Mat and After; title: Martin Cahill, "The General"; title: Two Bandit Queens and a King; title: The Traids in Soho; title: The Zemours and Their Friends; title: The Rise and Fall of the Moran Family; title: The Moss Side Gangs; title: The A Team.