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  • WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him. by English, T. J.
    English, T. J.
    WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (ARC, trade paperback format. )

    New York: William Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (201), 2011. First edition - A book which offers an "intimate view of the world of organized crime - and law enforcement - that made Bulger m the defining Irish American gangster. 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,…

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    New York: William Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (201), 2011. First edition - A book which offers an "intimate view of the world of organized crime - and law enforcement - that made Bulger m the defining Irish American gangster. 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. Then, in 2011, he was arrested in southern California and returned to Boston, where he was tried and convicted of racketeering and murder." Appendices, photographs. 421 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. (toning to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 91652
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  • 'TIS: A Memoir. by McCourt, Frank.
    McCourt, Frank.
    'TIS: A Memoir.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Scribner, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his Pulitzer Prize- winning 'Angela's Ashes' which described his childhood, This covers his journey from impoverished immigrant, through the Army, college and on to his life as a schoolteacher and raconteur. 367 pp. ISBN: 0-684818783.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86507
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  • 'TIS. by McCourt, Frank.
    McCourt, Frank.
    'TIS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, 1999. First edition - Sequel to his Pulitzer Prize- winning 'Angela's Ashes' which described his childhood, This covers his journey from impoverished immigrant, through the Army, college and on to his life as a schoolteacher and raconteur. 367 pp.

    Condition: Fine in light blue printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 64731
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