THE VIOLENT YEARS: Prohibition and the Detroit Mobs
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1569802106 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 227 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Kavieff is the author of The Purple Gang, a staple on the Sunday Detroit News/Detroit Free Press bestsellers list in 2000 and 2001. Kavieff wrote The Violent Years as a companion to The Purple Gang. Due to the local interest in his first book and the unceasing questions from his fans Mr. Paul R
Among other famous area gangs included is the predominantly Irish "Legs" Laman mob and the "River Gang" whose leaders became the founders of Detroit's modern Mafia family. With this title Kavieff once again captures the flavor of the era and the region marvelously and is sure to captivate readers across the country. Each gang covered provides insight not only into their crime organization, but also into the ethnic origins of the region. Follow up to Kavieff's best selling The Purple Gang, this book delves deeper into the Prohibition-Era gangs of the Detroit area. For instance, the chapter on the Giannola/Vitale Mafia covers the origins of the war between the two gangs, which lasted from 1918 to 1921. Kavieff's first book, The Purple Gang, stayed on the Detroit bestseller list for months after its release. It also covers the origins of the Italian Mafia-including the history of the drea
About the Author Paul R. Due to the local interest in his first book and the unceasing questions from his fans Mr. Kavieff is the author of The Purple Gang, a staple on the Sunday Detroit News/Detroit Free Press bestsellers list in 2000 and 2001. Kavieff wrote The Violent Years as a companion to The Purple Gang.
"Beyond the Purple Gang" according to Rick "Mad Dog" Mattix. This is a great successor and companion to Kavieff's previous volume, The Purple Gang, and an even better book than its predecessor. Covers the Mafia factions who succeeded the Purples as masters of Detroit's underworld and various independent mobs, some unheralded since the. Thomas Hunt said Quick-moving, detailed survey of Detroit's gangs. Paul R. Kavieff handles his complex topic capably and professionally, providing us with a window into an active and influential Detroit underworld often neglected by other writers. The author of "The Purple Gang" broadens his focus for this, his second book, to explain in de. Midwest Book Review said Pulls no punches. In The Violent Years: Prohibition And The Detroit Mobs, author Paul Kavieff draws upon his many years of meticulous research to provide an accurate, harsh, brutal look at the tremendous wealth and unspeakable savagery of organized crime in Prohibition-era Detroit. Turning an