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The Black Hand : the epic war between a brilliant detective and the deadliest secret society in American history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Talty, Stephan (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Subjects:
Organized crime > United States > Case studies.
Italians > Crimes against > United States > Case studies.
Italian Americans > Crimes against > Case studies.
Extortion > United States > Case studies.
Murder > United States > Case studies.
Mafia > United States > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: "a great and consuming terror"
  • "This capital of half a world"
  • Hunter of men
  • "In mortal dread"
  • The mysterious six
  • A general rebellion
  • Explosion
  • Wave
  • The General
  • "The terror of hurtful people"
  • "Once to be born, once to die"
  • War without quarter
  • The city of living death
  • Backlash
  • A secret service
  • The gentleman
  • In Sicily
  • Black horses
  • Goatville
  • A return.