To Kill the Irishman,9780966250879

To Kill the Irishman

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ISBN13: 9780966250879
ISBN10: 0966250877
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-10-01
Publisher(s): Next Hat Pr
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Summary

The true story of fearless Irish-American racketeer Danny Green who takes on the mob in the 1970s. The end result is the fall of several Mafia families and the defection of high-ranking mobsters. Author Rick Porrello is a veteran cop who wrote about his mob roots in "The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia." To Kill the Irishman has been optioned for a major motion picture.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Birth of the Irishman and Rise of the Mafia 17(28)
The murder of John Nardi
Danny Greene: the child
The making of the Mafia
St. Louis' Jack Licavoli comes to Ohio
Part 2. The Rise of Danny Greene 45(66)
Danny Greene: The longshoreman Years
Shondor!
"I need the Mafia like I need cancer"
Danny goes to work for Frank B. and the mob
The Frato incident
Collinwood: proud neighborhood for a proud Irishman
Part 3. Mafia War! 111(56)
Murder of "Lips"
Bombing of an "Animal"
"I'm not feuding with anybody"
The Los Angeles "Weasel" sends help
Theft at the F.B.I. office
"How the hell did this guy ever come into the picture?"
"Greene wanted it all"
The Weasel flips
Fall of the Southern California Mafia
Part 4. The Aftermath 167(44)
Skimming in Las Vegas
Plot to kill a big city mayor--The Kucinich contract
Drugs, killings and disorganized crime
The Pittsburgh Mafia in Ohio's Mahoning Valley
The Traficant connection
"Big Ange" flips
Some help for the Kansas City, Chicago and Milwaukee "Strawman" indictments
A Top Notch witness for the New York City "Commission Trial"
"Peanuts," "Johnny Keys," and Sammy "the Bull"
The Biondillo hit
Epilogue 211(2)
What Happened to Them 213(4)
Sources 217(4)
Index 221

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