Hoffa's Man The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa As Witnessed by His Strongest Arm

Franco, Joseph & Richard Hammer

ISBN 10: 0135177642 / ISBN 13: 9780135177648

Published by Prentice Hall Press, 1987

About this Item

Signed and inscribed by Joe Franco on half title page. First edition, first printing. Hard cover published by Prentice Hall Press in 1987. Dark gray covers with red binding and silver lettering on spine. Book is in very good plus condition. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover and is in very good condition. Large 8vo, 332 pages, 1.6 lb. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 332 pages; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # MSF14199

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hoffa's Man The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa As Witnessed by His Strongest Arm
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135177642
• ISBN 13: 9780135177648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Hoffa's The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa As Witnessed by His Strongest Arm, First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Book by Joseph Franco & Richard Hammer. Tells the inside story of the Teamsters Union, payoffs, power struggles, and Hoffa's disappearance.

Reviews

A product of Detroit's Italian street gangs, by the age of nine Franco had already killed twice and was soon accepting contracts to mutilate or kill. Assisted by Hammer (The Vatican Connection, etc.), but in his own colorful, obscenity-laced prose, Franco tells the story of his 30 years with Hoffa as Teamsters organizer and regent of affiliated unions during the post-WW II rise of union militancy. Applying his boss's credo that "fear and money make power," Franco, through his close Italian Mafia contacts, helped extend Hoffa's empire nationwide, including Washington and Hollywood. The authors provide insights into the Teamsters' feud with Robert Kennedy, which landed both Hoffa and Franco in jail, and the union's inner power struggles that resulted in an anti-Hoffa faction selling out to Nixon and effectively removing Hoffa from the Teamsters presidency. The mystery of his disappearance in 1975 from a Detroit parking lot has never been solved. Photos not seen by PW. Major ad/promo. First serial to New York Times Special Features and Detroit News; author tour.
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