The Detroit True Crime Chronicles: Tales of Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933822279 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
No other American city can boast such a cavalcade of remarkable criminal characters. Using information from declassified federal documents and many firsthand accounts, the book focuses on the city's local Mafia, key mobsters, drug kingpins, serial killers, and unsolved crimes. Scott Burnstein has brought them all together in one unforgettable book. From the Inside Flap The Detroit True Crime Chronicles sets forth the rich history of criminal activity in the Motor City. . Included in this comprehensive account of criminal life in Michigan's great border city are the stories of "Ernie the Greek" Kanakis, Henry "Blaze" Marzette, Eddie Jackson, "Baby Ray" Peoples, Demetrius Holloway, Butch Jones, Leroy Buttrum, "Frank Nitti" Usher, "Maserati Rick" Carter, "Rocking Reggie" Brown, "Wonderful Wayne" Davis, Young Boys Inc. (YBI), Murder Row, Best Friends, Pony Down, John Wolfenbarger, "Billy Wadd" Smith, Harry "Taco" Bowman, "Tony Jack" Giacalone, "Fr
Scott M. He is the coauthor (with Phil Leonetti) of Mafia Prince: Inside America s Most Violent Mafia Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra. Burnstein is an attorney, journalist, and organized crime historian. . He is the author of Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit and Family Affair: Greed, Treachery, and Betrayal in the Chicago Mafia
By Far the Best Book on Crime in Detroit I've been waiting for a book like this for quite some time. And I was not disappointed. The Detroit True Crime Chronicles is by far the most comprehensive book on all aspects of crime in Detroit, and the metro area. Only the most interesting crime stories of the past century make it into this book.The Mafia, The Best Friends, The Purple Gang, and all of the major groups are covered in this book, quite fantastically if I may add. With all these amazing stories, its surprising how no one from Hollywood has written a script regarding any of these stories, they're that good.The chapters regarding the drug trade in Detroit I found eye-opening. Es. Another Good Book By Burnstein Amazon Customer If your a Detroit mafia, Partnership, Zerilli-Tocco crime family, what-ever you wanna call it fan or historian you wanna purchase this book. The most powerful of the American Cosa Nostra crime families such as the Five Families of New York and that of the Chicago Outfit have been the main subject and centerpiece of American mafia history from the beginning of the organization's recorded history, but this book takes you away from those groups. Most of the American mafia related books written over the decades have been about N.Y. and Chicago, that's a fact. The New York & Chicago mafia's influence was cemented nationwide. This was done mainly . The World Beneath The City While doing a lot of reading about Detroit (my home town) lately, I came across THE DETROIT TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES: TALES OF MURDER AND MAYHEM IN THE MOTOR CITY. This book is fascinating and quite entertaining in the way Scott M. Burnstein presents the material. The stories come alive, whether they're from the 1920s, 50s, or much more recent. Many familiar names / groups are covered, including the notorious Detroit street gangs of the 70s-80s (Young Boys Incorporated, Pony Down, Best Friends, etc.), outlaw bikers (The Outlaws, Highwaymen, and their various offshoots), the Detroit mafia (Everyone from The Purple Gang to Jimmy Hoffa and beyond)
Using information from declassified federal documents and many firsthand accounts, the book focuses on the city s local Mafia, key mobsters, drug kingpins, serial killers, and unsolved crimes. Included in this comprehensive account of criminal life in Michigan s great border city are the stories of Ernie the Greek Kanakis, Henry Blaze Marzette, Eddie Jackson, Baby Ray Peoples, Demetrius Holloway, Butch Jones, Leroy Buttrum, Frank Nitti Usher, Maserati Rick Carter, Rocking Reggie Brown, Wonderful Wayne Davis, Young Boys Inc. (YBI), Murder Row, Best Friends, Pony Down, John Wolfenbarger, Billy Wadd Smith, Harry Taco Bowm