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Follow up to Kavieff's best selling The Purple Gang, this book delves deeper into the Prohibition-Era gangs of the Detroit area.
Whereas the Purple Gang was a predominantly Jewish group, the crime organizations covered in this volume all come from different ethnic backgrounds. Each gang covered provides insight not only into their crime organization, but also into the ethnic origins of the region. For instance, the chapter on the Giannola/Vitale Mafia covers the origins of the war between the two gangs, which lasted from 1918 to 1921. It also covers the origins of the Italian Mafia-including the history of the dreaded "Black Hand"-and its enclave in the Detroit area. Among other famous area gangs included is the predominantly Irish "Legs" Laman mob and the "River Gang" whose leaders became the founders of Detroit's modern Mafia family.
Kavieff's first book, The Purple Gang, stayed on the Detroit bestseller list for months after its release. With this title Kavieff once again captures the flavor of the era and the region marvelously and is sure to captivate readers across the country
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Paul R. Kavieff is the author of The Purple Gang, a staple on the Sunday Detroit News/Detroit Free Press bestsellers list in 2000 and 2001. Due to the local interest in his first book and the unceasing questions from his fans Mr. Kavieff wrote The Violent Years as a companion to The Purple Gang.
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- PublisherBarricade Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1569802106
- ISBN 13 9781569802106
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages227
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