Item details: Early organized crime in Detroit : vice, corruption and the rise of the Mafia - 48110810

Early organized crime in Detroit : vice, corruption and the rise of the Mafia

text Early organized crime in Detroit : vice, corruption and the rise of the Mafia

Buccellato, James A.

Summary: Though detectives denied it, the Italian mafia was operating in Detroit as early as 1900, and the city was forever changed. Bootleggers controlled the Detroit River and created a national distribution network for illegal booze during Prohibition.... Read more

Contents: Foreword / Scott M Burnstein -- Acknowledgments -- There is no Mafia in Detroit -- Bandits and dons -- Detroit's first Mafia war -- Murder zone -- Vendetta -- Blood brothers -- Wicked Detroit -- Killing Buckley -- New order -- Gangster industrial ... Read more

Format: text

Description: 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Publisher: History Press 2015

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	364 BUC in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	364 BUC in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Organized crime Michigan Detroit History 20th century Mafia Michigan Detroit History 20th century Prohibition Michigan Detroit Mafia Organized crime Prohibition Michigan Detroit

Buccellato, James A. Burnstein, Scott M.

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