The Black Hand the epic war between a brilliant detective and the deadliest secret society in American history
Beginning in the summer of 1903 the children of Italian immigrants were kidnapped, and dozens of innocent victims were gunned down. Bombs tore apart tenement buildings. Judges, senators, Rockefellers, and society matrons were threatened with gruesome deaths. The perpetrators' only calling card: the...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Black Hand : |b the epic war between a brilliant detective and the deadliest secret society in American history / |c Stephan Talty. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Boston : |b Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, |c [2017] | |
| 300 | |a xix, 298 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a Beginning in the summer of 1903 the children of Italian immigrants were kidnapped, and dozens of innocent victims were gunned down. Bombs tore apart tenement buildings. Judges, senators, Rockefellers, and society matrons were threatened with gruesome deaths. The perpetrators' only calling card: the symbol of a black hand. The tabloid press heated ethnic tensions to the boiling point. Joseph Petrosino, a dogged and ingenious detective, and the all-Italian police squad he assembled, raced to capture members of the secret criminal society before the country's anti-immigrant tremors exploded into catastrophe. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Organized crime |z United States |v Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Italians |x Crimes against |z United States |v Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Italian Americans |x Crimes against |v Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Extortion |z United States |v Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder |z United States |v Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mafia |z United States |v Case studies. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a True crime stories. |2 lcgft | |
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