gangs

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Crews

1994

The cheese stands alone

1973
Having to compete against a best friend, who suddenly becomes a femme fatale, makes Daisy's summer a difficult but interesting one.

Gangs

opposing viewpoints
1996

Cowboy cool

2008
Alex and Kelly find their friendship strained when Alex learns that Kelly has an unexpected connection with the leader of a dangerous local gang.

The man who got away

the Bugs Moran story : a biography
2005
Chronicles the life of George "Bugs" Moran, the last of Chicago's North Side gang leaders, discussing his childhood in Minnesota, his early years as a horse thief, his rise and fall in Chicago's Prohibition-era underworld, his life as an outlaw in the 1930s and 1940s, and other related topics.

The gangs of Chicago

an informal history of the Chicago underworld
2002
A history of crime in Chicago from its founding to the Prohibition era, looking at how the city earned its reputation as the hub of the underworld, and discussing some of its most notorious neighborhoods and criminals.

"I heard you paint houses"

Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran and the inside story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the last ride of Jimmy Hoffa
2004
Provides an account of the life and activities of late Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, based on taped interviews with Sheeran, one of only two non-Italians to appear on the FBI's La Cosa Nostra list, discussing his childhood, World War II service, and work as a hustler, hitman, and head of the Teamsters local in Wilmington, Delaware.

Gangsters and outlaws of the 1930s

landmarks of the public enemy era
2002
Documents the lives and careers of some of the most notorious gangsters and criminals of the 1930s, with historical photographs of actual crime scenes.

City of the snakes

2011
After ten years of ruling over the City, Cardinal Capac Raimi disappears and his trusted lieutenant, Ford Tasso, convinces Al Jeery--who has taken on the guise of an assassin--to battle the Incan priests suspected of taking the Cardinal and recover their lost ruler.

Procession of the dead

2011
The young and ambitious Capac Raimi arrives in the City where he encounters many exotic and mysterious dangers. Capac's life is changed forever when he meets the powerful Cardinal, and when he discovers the extent of the Cardinal's influence on his own life, the young man is forced to make some difficult decisions.

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