Where the bodies were buried Whitey Bulger and the world that made him English, T. J. 1957- creator text bibliography biography Biographies. Biography. History. True crime stories. Biographies. True crime stories. nyu 2015 monographic eng print 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm "The New York Times bestselling author of The Westies and Paddy Whacked offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the world of organized crime--and law enforcement--that made him the defining Irish American gangster. For sixteen years, Whitey Bulger eluded the long reach of the law. 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. Our greatest chronicler of the Irish mob in America, T.J. English covered the trial at close range--by day in the courtroom, but also, on nights and weekends, interviewing Bulger's associates as well as lawyers, former federal agents, and even members of the jury in the backyards and barrooms of Whitey's world. In Where the Bodies Were Buried, he offers a startlingly revisionist account of Bulger's story--and of the decades-long culture of collusion between the Feds and the Irish and Italian mob factions that have ruled New England since the 1970s, when a fateful deal left the FBI fatally compromised. English offers an authoritative look at Bulger's own understanding of his relationship with the FBI and his alleged immunity deal, and illuminates how gangsterism, politics, and law enforcement have continued to be intertwined in Boston. As complex, harrowing, and human as a Scorsese film, Where the Bodies Were Buried is the last word on a reign of terror that many feared would never end"-- "From New York Times bestselling author T.J. English, the acknowledged master chronicler of the Irish mob in America, offers a front-row seat at the trial of the greatest Celtic gangster of them all: Whitey Bulger"-- The ghosts of South Boston. The haunty ; Curse of the cowriter ; The O'Brien family business ; Demon seed ; Judas unbound ; Brotherhood of the claddagh ; The Big Sleaze -- Legacy of deceit. Whitey and cocaine ; Surrogate son ; The Holy Grail ; Irish Day of the Dead ; Delusions of grandeur ; The mugging of Fitzy ; Out with a whimper -- Appendix A. The People of the United States v. James J. Bulger -- Appendix B. Winter Hill Organization, circa 1975-1980 -- Appendix C. Winter Hill Organization/South Boston Organized Crime Group, circa 1982. T.J. English. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-usn-- Bulger, Whitey 1929-2018 Criminals New England Biography Irish American criminals New England Biography Organized crime New England History 20th century New England History 20th century TRUE CRIME Organized Crime BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Criminals & Outlaws TRUE CRIME General Bulger, Whitey 1929- Criminals Irish American criminals Organized crime New England 1900 - 1999 fast HV6248.B85 E54 2015 364.1092 B TRU003000 BIO024000 TRU000000 9780062290984 0062290983 9780062290991 0062290991 9780062291004 00622991009 9780062438119 0062438115 9780062421258 0062421255 2015018494 http://static.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/4/9780062290984.jpg http://static.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/4/9780062290984.jpg DLC 150529 20191019063201.0 in00003609661 eng