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The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob by T.J. English (Paperback, 2008)

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Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. They excelled in extortion, numbers running, loan sharking, drugs. And it was their own violent natures that precipitated a downfall as infamous and bloody as their rise.

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First UK publication for this true crime classic about New York's notorious Irish mobsters. Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs - James Coonan and Mickey Featherstone - the gang dominated the decaying slice of New York City's West Side known as Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s and '80s. Excelling in extortion, numbers running, loansharking and drug-peddling, they became the most notorious gang in the history of organized crime. The then prosecutor Rudolf Giuliani called them 'the most savage organisation in the long history of New York street gangs'. Upping the ante on brutality and depravity, their speciality when it came to punishment and killings was dismemberment. Their reign lasted almost twenty - their end would come as their own violent natures got the best of them and precipitated a downfall as infamous as their rise. This revised and updated edition, brings the story of the Westies up to date with 'where are they now' snapshots of the men - and women - of the Westies.

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PublisherTransworld LTD

ISBN-139780553819564

eBay Product ID (ePID)89069253

Product Key Features

Number of Pages544 Pages

Publication NameThe Westies: inside New York's Irish Mob

LanguageEnglish

SubjectCriminology

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorT.J. English

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height198 mm

Item Weight367 g

Item Width127 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorT.J. English

TopicTrue Crime

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Book was in good nick for the price.Contents are quite violent.Hard to believe that such violence exists still.My husband enjoyed it.
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