It's Just the Way It Was

Brendan Doherty, Joe Broadmeadow

ISBN 10: 1733526404 / ISBN 13: 9781733526401

Published by Jebwizard Publishing, 2019

Seller Inventory # LU-9781733526401

Synopsis:

In It's Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories, Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty take you inside the investigations, covert surveillances, and murky world of informants in the war against Organized Crime.

Make no mistake about it, it was a war targeting the insidious nature of the mob and their detrimental effect on Rhode Island and throughout New England.
Indeed, the book reveals the extensive nature of Organized Crime throughout the United States.

From the opening moments detailing a mob enforcer's near death in a hail of gunfire to the potentially deadly confrontation between then Detective Brendan Doherty and a notorious mob associate, Gerard Ouimette, this book puts you right there in the middle.

Most books on the mob tell a sanitized story of guys who relished their time as mobsters. As Nicholas Pileggi, author of "Wiseguys," put it, "most mob books are the egomaniacal ravings of an illiterate hood masquerading as a benevolent godfather."

This is not that kind of book. This is the story of the good guys.

It's just the way it was.

Review: "Brendan Doherty & Joe Broadmeadow's new book " It's Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories" is a gripping, in-depth, insider point of view from the lawman who saw it all. The Federal Hill politics of the street law & order, decided with the barrel of a gun, will never be told better... " 
Joe Pantoliano
Ralphie Cifaretto from 
The Soprano's

"It's Just the Way it Was tells the inspiring story of a principled young man who resisted the pressure of delinquency, played a crucial role in dismantling the Rhode Island mob, and rose to lead one of the finest state police organizations in the country."
Col. Rick Fuentes, ret.
NJ State Police 
(Served as Superintendent of NJSP for 16 years)

An unfiltered, first-hand account of some of the most compelling occurrences in New England. From the gut-wrenching tragedy of one of this country's most horrible fires to the laughable sadness of a cooperating witness. From the blood-soaked leather in Grundy's Boxing Gym to the office of the Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, this story has it all.
Armen GaroRetired Lieutenant/EPPD
Actor/ The Sopranos/The Departed/Brotherhood

Bibliographic Details

Title: It's Just the Way It Was
Publisher: Jebwizard Publishing
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New