Richard Linnett

In the Godfather Garden

The Long Life and Times of Richie the Boot Boiardo

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Produktbeschreibung

In the Godfather Garden is the true story of the life of Richie “the Boot” Boiardo, one of the most powerful and feared men in the New Jersey underworld and the gangster who inspired the creation of HBO’s The Sopranos . Richard Linnet provides an inside look this once-powerful Mafia crew led by the Boot, based on recollections of a grandson of the Boot himself and complemented by never-before-published family photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780813560618
• ISBN-10: 0813560616
• Artikelnr.: 37041607

Autorenporträt

Linnett, Richard

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
The Garden ix
Acknowledgements xi
Prologue: They Got Me, Joe 1
1 Diamond Ritchie 11
2 The Longy War 26
3 I'm no Crybaby 45
4 Fortune Son 57
5 Jerry 65
6 The Club Fremont Incident 85
7 Castle Cruel 100
8 Loose Lips 113
9 The Old Gang of Mine 124
10 Cause for Indictment 134
11 The Italian Way 142
12 On the Jolly Trolley 154
13 The Mafia Exists! 162
14 This Thing of Theirs 171
Epilogue: The Curse 182
Timeline 191
Cast of Characters 195
Notes 203
Selected Bibliography 227
Index 231