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"The Wife I Won is No. 10 in a self-published nonfiction series by hobo writer A No. 1. Contains stories, observations and illustrations of life on the road. The Author has carefully avoided the least mention of anything that would be unfit reading for ladies or children. First published circa 1920."--
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"People know of the notorious Benny Binion for opening the Horseshoe and becoming the most successful casino owner in Las Vegas. But before he became the patron saint of World Series Poker, Binion lead the Texas underground in a vicious, nefarious gambling war that lasted over fifteen years. With electrifying details and piquant style, author Gary Sleeper presents the previously unseen details of Benny Binion's life leading up to his infamous Las...
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"Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find his fortune in Hong Kong, but instead found himself homeless and addicted to crystal meth. Soon he began working for the 14K, Hong Kong's largest crime family, in the Wanchai red-light district. Dealing with the 'foreign triad' - a secretive expat clique connected to the Chinese mafia - he had to survive in the world's most unforgiving city, addicted to the world's most dangerous drug."--
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"First published in 1914, this detailed account of female hobos is a rare and beautiful example of early American storytelling. The Adventures of a Female Tramp is social history, presenting vagabond underground culture with humor, excitement and a flare for the dramatic. Each of the cross-country adventures are told by "the famous hobo" A. No. 1 who authored several books about tramping, including From Coast to Coast with Jack London, which inspired...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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Joseph and Anthony Stassi were part of Nick Delmore's gambling syndicate in Union County, New Jersey in the 1950s. In the late 1960s they were participants in the infamous French Connection smuggling operation. Active in the Gambino crime family Joseph and Anthony were sentenced to 25 years in federal prison in the mid 1970s. --Provided by publisher.
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource
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Charles 'Cherry Nose" Gioe was a mobster in the Chicago syndicate led by Al Capone. In charge of gambling rackets Gioe consulted with Dutch Schultz as an emissary for Capone in the early 1930s. Later Cherry Nose was imprisoned for racketeering in Hollywood. Along with three other defendants he was convicted of bilking motion picture studios out of more than $1 million dollars. --Provided by publisher.
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"Theft exists only through the exploitation of man by man...when Society refuses you the right to exist, you must take it...the policeman arrested me in the name of the Law, I struck him in the name of Liberty."
In 1887, Clément Duval joined the tens of thousands of convicts sent to the "dry guillotine" of the French penal colonies. Few survived and fewer were able to tell the stories of their life in that hell. Duval spent fourteen years doing...
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"Eddie Trascher was a gentleman gangster but he never wanted to be part of the mob. For 50 years, from the pre-Castro Havana casinos to Los Angeles, Trascher stole from mob-owned casinos, scammed gangsters, and was one of the top bookies in the country. He capped his career as a confidential informant for Florida law enforcement and was the source for getting inside the Trafficante Mafia family. Balls is written by Scott Dietche and Ken Sanz. Sanz...
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Started by Italian brothers from North Denver, the high-profile Smaldone crime syndicate began in the bootlegging days of the 1920s and flourished into the 1980s. Connected to notorious crime figures, politicians, and presidents, Clyde Smaldone was the crime family's leader. Through candid interviews and firsthand accounts, Dick Kreck reveals the true sense of what it meant to be a Smaldone, not only the corrupt but also the virtuous.Dick Kreck retired...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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John "Sonny" Franzese was a rising star in the Profaci-Magliocco/Colombo family crime organization. Born in Naples, Sonny was raised by his bakery owner father in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. By 1965 he was the fastest ascending Cosa Nostra leader in the underworld. A Newsday article compared him to a General Motors executive or an exec with IBM corporation. In the next year Franzese's fortunes would change for the worse. His ties to a group...
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Garrett County Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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1 online resource (136 pages)
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"It is recommended the reader drink moonshine before reading this hardnosed edition of A No. 1's hobo story cycle, which presents cautionary tales of clueless youth corrupted by the road. Lessons covered include "do unto others before they do unto you" and the difference between yeggars (who steal and rob) and plingers (a begging class). As is the case with all A. No. 1 books, the hobo stories are richly illustrated with beautiful early American prints...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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Eduardo Aronica was part of the Carlo Gambino crime organization in New York City. Aronica got his start in illicit, untaxed, unregistered liquor stills. Stills operated by Eduardo and his cronies were discovered by government agents during sweeps conducted in 1938 and 1939. Aronica was prosecuted and sentenced to prison terms in 1941 and 1943. A number of the stills were in North Bellmore and various locations in Queens. In later years Aronica was...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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Jacob "Jack" Drucker was the finger man for Murder, Incorporated in Sullivan County, New York. Numerous murder victims turned up on land near Loch Sheldrake, Monticello, Liberty and other towns in Sullivan. Drucker was arrested in Wilmington, Delaware in 1943 after being pursued by Federal Agents. He was extradited to New York to stand trial at the request of racket busting New York Mayor Thomas Dewey. Drucker's associations with Murder, Incorporated...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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John Spurdis was a decorated police detective with the NYPD. In 1972 he was involved in a "French Connection" bust of Mafiosi, including Lucchese family member Joseph DiNapoli. DiNapoli was arrested near a Bronxdale Avenue, Bronx residence on a rainy evening in February 1972. He was accompanied by drug trafficker Vincent C. Papa. NYPD officials, including Spurdis, were on hand for the surveillance and subsequent arrests. Spurdis was soon dismissed...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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The Campisi crime family of New Jersey was a quickly ascending organization in the early 1970s. There were eight different Campisis, all of them blood related. The murder of Samuel Carbone was one of a series of gangland murders involving the Bruno and Campisi family members. It is likely that Carbone's relationship with Brooklyn crime boss Joseph Colombo may have triggered the hit on him in August 1971. --Provided by publisher.
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource
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Damiano Thomas Vonnie Licavoli was a powerful bootlegger in the Prohibition era. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he made his fortune in Detroit before a grand jury investigation forced him to move elsewhere. He relocated to Toledo where he dominated the beer and liquor racket until the end of Prohibition. During this time members of his gang harassed and assassinated their rivals to preserve their predominance. Licavoli ended up serving 37 years in prison...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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Carl Carramusa was a low-level mobster in Kansas City. In the late 1930s and 1940s drugs were imported to Florida from Marseilles, France via Havana, Cuba. Kansas City was a fulcrum of midwestern drug trafficking. Carramusa became a federal informant. His information was crucial in bringing about the imprisonment of Sicilians who supplied drugs to KC from a base in Tampa. Carramusa fled Kansas City and moved to Chicago in the aftermath of the narcotics...
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Rockpool Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (272 pages).
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Some kids get all the breaks. Some don't. This book is about the ones who ended up in prison, the ones who had been abused or taken away from their families, who had given up on society. Doin' Time tells the stories of nine men who came from troubled and turbulent backgrounds and who got offered a second chance and grabbed it. Many of them now work with vulnerable young people, to give back, as mentors or welfare officers, motivational speakers, and...
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