Paddy Whacked, T. J. English
Paddy Whacked, T. J. English
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Paddy Whacked
The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster

Author: T. J. English

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 21 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/24/2016

Synopsis

Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader; and James "Whitey" Bulger, the ruthless and seemingly untouchable Southie legend. Stretching from the earliest New York and New Orleans street wars through decades of bootlegging scams, union strikes, gang wars, and FBI investigations, Paddy Whacked is a riveting tour de force that restores the Irish American gangster to his rightful preeminent place in our criminal history and penetrates to the heart of the American experience.

About T. J. English

T. J. English is a noted journalist, a screenwriter, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne and The Savage City, as well as the Irish Mob Trilogy that includes The Westies, Paddy Whacked, and Where the Bodies Were Buried, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve

The focus of most true crime books is usually narrow, centering on a particular criminal and/or crime(s). Paddy Whacked is a different beast, much more ambitious, taking a healthy swipe at being something larger: a criminal history of a people and culture, starting in the mid-1800s, and coming up to......more

Goodreads review by Rick

For all the acclaim it's received, I was very disappointed with this book. The general background on the Irish gangster seems well researched but when you get down to specifics the whole effort falls way short. Errors abound throughout (Bugs Moran was actually not Irish but the son of French-Canadia......more

Goodreads review by Ken

I really liked this book as it went through the history of how the Irish came to America to escape the Potato Famine and were treated as inferiors, even more so than blacks, and how this led to the formation of Irish gangs in some of the Larger ports and cities in America. This book touches on Irish......more

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