The Black Hand : the epic war between a brilliant detective and the deadliest secret society in American history
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xix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Adult Nonfiction / LIFE & SOCIETY
364.1 / TALTY, S / black ha
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364.1 / TALTY, S / black ha
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Extortion -- United States -- Case studies.
Italian Americans -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
Italians -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies.
Mafia -- United States -- Case studies.
Murder -- United States -- Case studies.
Organized crime -- United States -- Case studies.
True crime stories.
Italian Americans -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
Italians -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies.
Mafia -- United States -- Case studies.
Murder -- United States -- Case studies.
Organized crime -- United States -- Case studies.
True crime stories.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and index.
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Beginning in the summer of 1903 the children of Italian immigrants were kidnapped, and dozens of innocent victims were gunned down. Bombs tore apart tenement buildings. Judges, senators, Rockefellers, and society matrons were threatened with gruesome deaths. The perpetrators' only calling card: the symbol of a black hand. The tabloid press heated ethnic tensions to the boiling point. Joseph Petrosino, a dogged and ingenious detective, and the all-Italian police squad he assembled, raced to capture members of the secret criminal society before the country's anti-immigrant tremors exploded into catastrophe.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Talty, S. The Black Hand: the epic war between a brilliant detective and the deadliest secret society in American history .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Talty, Stephan. The Black Hand: The Epic War between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Talty, Stephan. The Black Hand: The Epic War between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Talty, Stephan. The Black Hand: The Epic War between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History
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