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The Italian Squad

Author : Paul Moses
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479814199
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Italian Squad written by Paul Moses and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-06-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unknown inside story of the NYPD’s Italian-born detectives who fought both powerful gangsters and the deeply ingrained prejudice against their own beloved immigrant community The story begins in Sicily, on Friday, March 12, 1909, at 8:45 p.m. Three gunshots thundered in the night, and then a fourth. Two men fled, and investigators soon discovered who they had killed: Giuseppe Petrosino, the legendary American detective whose exploits in New York were celebrated even in Italy. The Italian Squad, by veteran New York City journalist and historian Paul Moses, explores the lives of the nationally celebrated detectives who followed in the slain Petrosino’s footsteps as leaders of the New York City investigative squad: Anthony Vachris, Charles Corrao, and Michael Fiaschetti. Drawing on new primary sources such as private diaries and city, state, and federal documents, this dramatic narrative history follows the Italian Squad across the first two decades of the twentieth century as its detectives battled increasingly powerful gangsters, political obstacles and deeply ingrained prejudice against their own beloved Italian immigrant community. Vachris, Corrao, and Fiaschetti became, like Petrosino, famous for meting out tough justice to criminals who comprised the “Black Hand.” Beyond trying to prevent horrific crimes—nighttime bombings in crowded tenements, kidnappings that targeted children at play, gangland shootings that killed innocent bystanders—the Italian Squad commanders hoped to persuade society of what they knew for themselves: that their fellow immigrant Italians, so often maligned, would make good American citizens. In this explosive story, Moses carefully strips away the mythology that has always enveloped the Italian Squad and offers instead a nuanced portrait of brave but flawed men who fought the good fight for their people and their city.

The Italian Squad

Author : Paul Moses
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479814210
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Italian Squad written by Paul Moses and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-06-03 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unknown inside story of the NYPD’s Italian-born detectives who fought both powerful gangsters and the deeply ingrained prejudice against their own beloved immigrant community The story begins in Sicily, on Friday, March 12, 1909, at 8:45 p.m. Three gunshots thundered in the night, and then a fourth. Two men fled, and investigators soon discovered who they had killed: Giuseppe Petrosino, the legendary American detective whose exploits in New York were celebrated even in Italy. The Italian Squad, by veteran New York City journalist and historian Paul Moses, explores the lives of the nationally celebrated detectives who followed in the slain Petrosino’s footsteps as leaders of the New York City investigative squad: Anthony Vachris, Charles Corrao, and Michael Fiaschetti. Drawing on new primary sources such as private diaries and city, state, and federal documents, this dramatic narrative history follows the Italian Squad across the first two decades of the twentieth century as its detectives battled increasingly powerful gangsters, political obstacles and deeply ingrained prejudice against their own beloved Italian immigrant community. Vachris, Corrao, and Fiaschetti became, like Petrosino, famous for meting out tough justice to criminals who comprised the “Black Hand.” Beyond trying to prevent horrific crimes—nighttime bombings in crowded tenements, kidnappings that targeted children at play, gangland shootings that killed innocent bystanders—the Italian Squad commanders hoped to persuade society of what they knew for themselves: that their fellow immigrant Italians, so often maligned, would make good American citizens. In this explosive story, Moses carefully strips away the mythology that has always enveloped the Italian Squad and offers instead a nuanced portrait of brave but flawed men who fought the good fight for their people and their city.

The Italian Squad

Author : Andrew Paul Mele
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476638764
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Italian Squad written by Andrew Paul Mele and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Italian immigrants left their home country for the United States and, particularly, New York City. A small minority of the immigrants were members of a criminal syndicate that largely victimized fellow immigrants. The most common crime was a type of extortion known as "Black Hand." The methods of extortion were particularly violent, and included kidnapping, arson, and murder. The New York Police Department, unable to speak the language and unaware of the traditions of the immigrants, was virtually helpless in dealing with them. In 1904, Italian-American Lt. Detective Joseph Petrosino formed a group of Italian detectives to deal exclusively with the extortion crimes and the criminal underworld of Italian society in New York which had become known in the American press as "The Black Hand Society." This book tells the story of The Italian Squad from its inception, through Petrosino's death, to the squad's expansion into Queens and Brooklyn.

The Italian Squad

Author : Andrew Paul Mele
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476679053
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Italian Squad written by Andrew Paul Mele and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Italian immigrants left their home country for the United States and, particularly, New York City. A small minority of the immigrants were members of a criminal syndicate that largely victimized fellow immigrants. The most common crime was a type of extortion known as "Black Hand." The methods of extortion were particularly violent, and included kidnapping, arson, and murder. The New York Police Department, unable to speak the language and unaware of the traditions of the immigrants, was virtually helpless in dealing with them. In 1904, Italian-American Lt. Detective Joseph Petrosino formed a group of Italian detectives to deal exclusively with the extortion crimes and the criminal underworld of Italian society in New York which had become known in the American press as "The Black Hand Society." This book tells the story of The Italian Squad from its inception, through Petrosino's death, to the squad's expansion into Queens and Brooklyn.

Petrosino's NYPD Italian Squad

Author : Christopher Begg
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Petrosino's NYPD Italian Squad written by Christopher Begg and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1904, NYPD Police Commissioner William McAdoo was conscience of a growing crime rate in the Italian sections of New York City. The vast amount of crime directed towards the Italian residents of the city came from within their own communities. The Italian criminal element was well organized into gangs. The most dangerous were the Black Hand who resorted to violent and brutal tactics such as extortion, assault, kidnapping, bombing and murder. Detective Sergeant Joseph Petrosino was one of the few Italian-American Detectives in the NYPD. Commissioner McAdoo authorized Petrosino to form an "Italian Squad" from the ranks of the department. These Italian speaking policemen were tasked to target the dangerous Italian criminal element that existed in New York City. This book tells the true stories of the seventy one NYPD policemen who served in Joseph Petrosino's Italian Squad throughout the few years it existed. For the most part, the stories of these policemen have remained long forgotten to history until now.

Supreme Court

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Who Killed English Football?

Author : K. P. C. Exall
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1434349489
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Who Killed English Football? written by K. P. C. Exall and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Who Killed English Football?" is the product of personal research born out of a mixture of curiosity and frustration. This book was prompted by the inexorable decline of English football performance at European and World Cup events. Analysing the causes of such deterioration, simple but worrying truths are unearthed and laid bare. Club vs Country rivalry, a surfeit of money, a chimaera-like governance, "embedded" media and a foreign player invasion are all contributors to the slow death of the "beautiful game". There might be a glimmer of hope ... provided reality is acknowledged and palliative remedies introduced.

Global Organized Crime

Author : Mitchel P. Roth
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317267184
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Global Organized Crime written by Mitchel P. Roth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the maelstrom of globalization and cyberspace, organized crime continues to defy definition. A diverse array of activities is perpetuated by criminal organizations, criminal groups and associations, and gangs, and it is clear that one specific label is no longer adequate. This book offers a uniquely global approach to organized crime and the multitude of forces that shape it in the 21st century. As well as discussing definitions of and the historical roots of organized crime, this book examines various forms of organized crime around the world in the US, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Russia and Europe, Asia and Africa. This revised and updated new edition includes coverage of: the rise of the ’Ndrangheta in Italy and their global expansion; the impact of drug legalization on organized crime and the problem of methamphetamine; organ trading, money laundering, and animal poaching; changes in gang traditions and gangland penitentiaries; the decentralization of Mexican cartels, the growth of opium production in Myanmar, and the drug war in Africa; and the advancement of ISIS and the emergence of the Silk Road and the Dark Net. This book is essential reading for students engaged in the study of global and transnational organized crime, with features including chapter overviews, key terms, critical thinking questions, and case studies.

An Unlikely Union

Author : Paul Moses
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479871303
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book An Unlikely Union written by Paul Moses and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They came from the poorest parts of Ireland and Italy, and met as rivals on the sidewalks of New York. In the nineteenth century and for long after, the Irish and Italians fought in the Catholic Church, on the waterfront, at construction sites, and in the streets. Then they made peace through romance, marrying each other on a large scale in the years after World War II.An Unlikely Union unfolds the dramatic story of how two of America's largest ethnic groups learned to love and laugh with each other in the wake of decades of animosity.The vibrant cast of characters features saints such as Mother Frances X. Cabrini, who stood up to the Irish American archbishop of New York when he tried to send her back to Italy, and sinners like Al Capone, who left his Irish wife home the night he shot it out with Brooklyn's Irish mob. Also highlighted are the love affair between radical labor organizers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlo Tresca; Italian American gangster Paul Kelly's alliance with Tammany's “Big Tim” Sullivan; hero detective Joseph Petrosino's struggle to be accepted in the Irish-run NYPD; and Frank Sinatra's competition with Bing Crosby to be the country's top male vocalist.In this engaging history of the Irish and Italians, veteran New York City journalist and professor Paul Moses offers an archetypal American story. At a time of renewed fear of immigrants, it demonstrates that Americans are able to absorb tremendous social change and conflict—and come out the better for it.

The American Monthly Review of Reviews

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The American Monthly Review of Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bomb Squads

Author : Lee Fitzgerald
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508143943
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Bomb Squads written by Lee Fitzgerald and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Members of a bomb squad certainly didn’t choose an easy or boring career. Bomb squads are made up of brave, intelligent, and highly-trained men and women who are called in to diffuse potential explosive devices. Readers explore this dangerous and heroic career path through engaging text, including detailed fact boxes. A graphic organizer presents important information about this career in a fun way. Full-color photographs and real-world stories of bomb squads in action give readers a clear picture of what this career entails.

Southwest ...

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1058 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Southwest ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First Family

Author : Mike Dash
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1849835861
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The First Family written by Mike Dash and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, there was the one-fingered, cunning Giuseppe Morello and his murderous coterie of brothers. Had it not been for Morello, the world may never have heard of 'men of honour', the code of omertaor Mafia wars. This explosive book tells the story of the first family of New York, and how this extended close-knit clan of racketeers and murderers left the backwaters of Sicily to successfully establish themselves as the founding godfathers of the New World. First Family will explain in thrilling, characterful detail how the American Mafia established itself so successfully. Combining strong narrative and raw violence - set against the raucous bustle of early twentieth-century New York, and the impoverished rural life of nineteenth-century Sicily - this impeccably researched, groundbreaking study of a crucial period of American history is a compelling portrait of the early years of organised crime.

American Monthly Review of Reviews

Author : Albert Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book American Monthly Review of Reviews written by Albert Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bullets Over Hollywood

Author : John McCarty
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780306813016
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Bullets Over Hollywood written by John McCarty and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McCarty provides a history of gangsters in American film and a look at why welove them.

American Mafia

Author : Thomas Reppetto
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250125596
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book American Mafia written by Thomas Reppetto and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reppetto's book earns its place among the best . . . he brings fresh context to a familiar story worth retelling." —The New York Times Book Review Organized crime—the Italian American kind—has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now Thomas Reppetto provides a balanced history of the Mafia's rise—from the 1880s to the post-WWII era—that is as exciting and readable as it is authoritative. Structuring his narrative around a series of case histories featuring such infamous characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience and access to unseen documents to show us a locally grown Mafia. It wasn't until the 1920s, thanks to Prohibition, that the Mafia assumed what we now consider its defining characteristics, especially its octopuslike tendency to infiltrate industry and government. At mid-century the Kefauver Commission declared the Mafia synonymous with Union Siciliana; in the 1960s the FBI finally admitted the Mafia's existence under the name La Cosa Nostra. American Mafia is a fascinating look at America's most compelling criminal subculture from an author who is intimately acquainted with both sides of the street.

The Police Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Police Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: