![]() Includes bibliographical references and indexīlood at the root - A perfect hell on earth - Up from Mud City - Delirium tremens or new clothes on an old dame - The dagos vs. Combining storytelling with thorough research and a slew of never-before-published material, English presents a cultural history of the Irish American underworld In fact, the highest-ranking organized crime figure on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List is not a wiseguy, a Latin King, or a gangbanging Blood or Crip, but an old-style Irish American mob boss from South Boston. ![]() The heritage of the Irish American gangster was established in America long before that of the more widely portrayed Italian American mafioso, and has held strong through the modern age. ![]() Here is the true saga of the Irish American mob, from the mid-nineteenth century all the way to the present day. ![]()
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