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Author:

Shea, John, 1965-

Title:

Rat bastards : the life and times of South Boston's most honorable Irish mobster / John "Red" Shea ; with an introduction by Matt Wahlberg.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shea, John,--1965-
Bulger, Whitey,--1929-
Gangsters--Boston--Boston--Biography.
Organized crime--Boston.--Boston.
Irish Americans--Boston--Boston--Social conditions.
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)--Social conditions.

Notes:

SAU copy: Gift for the Timothy Walch Collection of Irish and Catholic Americana.

Contents:

Introduction by Mark Wahlberg -- Release -- Childhood -- Whitey -- Early boxing -- Other battles -- The streets -- California -- The end of boxing -- Back to Southie -- In business -- Kilos -- On my own -- Recruited by the mob -- Penelope -- The test -- The protege -- Turf -- I95 -- Commitment -- Inner circle -- Going down -- Front page news -- The bracelet -- The sentence -- FCI Milan -- Fort Dix hello -- Teaching Dominic -- Doing time right -- Pops and (Nigel Bowe) -- Freddie and futbol -- Lollipop -- Betrayal -- Love and honor -- The Cuban -- Home -- Today.

ISBN:

9780060837167
0060837160

LCCN:

2006041906

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)