"Joseph Barboza is the most dangerous individual known."--FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover, 1965
Joe Barboza knew that there were two requirements for getting
inducted into the Mafia. You had to be Sicilian. And you had to
commit a contract killing. The New Bedford-born mobster was a proud
Portuguese, not Sicilian, but his dream to be part of La Cosa
Nostra proved so strong that he thought he could create a loophole.
If he killed enough men, if he did enough of the Mafia's dirtiest
biddings, then they would have no choice but to make him a Made
Man.
Barboza's brutal rise during one of the deadliest mob wars in U.S.
history became the stuff of legend, both on the bloodied streets of
Boston and in the offices of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney General.
He took sick joy in his crimes, and it became increasingly
difficult for the mob to keep the Animal on his leash. But soon the
hunter became the hunted. Betrayed by the mob and now on the run,
Boston's most notorious contract killer forged a Faustian bargain
with two unscrupulous FBI agents--a pact that would transform the
U.S. criminal justice system. From false testimony and manipulated
evidence that sent mob leaders to death row, to the creation of the
Witness Protection Program so the feds could protect their prized,
cold-blooded witness, this was the horrific, dramatic first act in
a story of murder and FBI corruption still being played out today
in the news and the courtroom with the capture and trial of Whitey
Bulger. Barboza's legacy, buried for years thanks to the murders or
deaths of its participants, is finally coming to light and being
told in its unvarnished brutality by one of America's most
respected true crime writers.
General
| Imprint: |
Northeastern University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2013 |
| First published: |
April 2013 |
| Authors: |
Casey Sherman
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
274 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-55553-822-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-55553-822-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781555538224 |
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