Where the bodies were buried
Subtitle: Whitey Bulger and the world that made him
By: T. J. English
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780062290984; 9780062290991
Subjects: Organized crime; Criminals; Irish American criminals; Biography; History
Description: "T.J. English offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the world of organized crime--and law enforcement--that made him the defining Irish American gangster. For sixteen years, Whitey Bulger eluded the long reach of the law. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger--the brother of influential Massachusetts senator Billy Bulger--was often romanticized as a Robin Hood-like thief and protector. While he was functioning as the de facto mob boss of New England, Bulger was also serving as a Top Echelon informant for the FBI, covertly feeding local prosecutors information about other mob figures-- while using their cover to cleverly eliminate his rivals, reinforce his own power, and protect himself from prosecution"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ghosts of South Boston. The haunty ; Curse of the cowriter ; The O'Brien family business ; Demon seed ; Judas unbound ; Brotherhood of the claddagh ; The Big Sleaze; title: Legacy of deceit. Whitey and cocaine ; Surrogate son ; The Holy Grail ; Irish Day of the Dead ; Delusions of grandeur ; The mugging of Fitzy ; Out with a whimper; title: Appendix A. The People of the United States v. James J. Bulger; title: Appendix B. Winter Hill Organization, circa 1975-1980; title: Appendix C. Winter Hill Organization/South Boston Organized Crime Group, circa 1982.