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Re: Chicago Outfit Book Recommendations?
[Re: cookcounty]
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07/19/13 01:47 PM
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Iceman999
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the boys in the heights
it's about the Chicago heights crew from the 20s-early90s I'll be checking that out. Thanks.
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Re: Chicago Outfit Book Recommendations?
[Re: Iceman999]
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10/15/13 09:45 AM
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Thanks again for the great Philly book recommendations I got here. Now though I looking for some good books on the Chicago Outfit. Anything authoritative out there with an emphasis on Ricca and Accardo? ACCARDO by Bill Roemer - Great book. Overloaded with facts and info especially on Tony Accardo obviously but also the Outfits early days with him being Capone's bodyguard and his rise up the ranks Family Secrets by ? - Another really good Outfit book, about the Calabrese family. Murders and bodies all over the place in this one, which I love. The Don - About Sam Giancana, yet another really good Outfit book. I recommend all 3 of these
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Re: Chicago Outfit Book Recommendations?
[Re: DE NIRO]
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10/15/13 10:14 AM
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Accardo: The Genuine Godfather by William F. Roemer Jr is the best book I've read on The Outfit.. Great read
From now on, nothing goes down unless I'm involved. No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in. You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street. Now it's my turn.
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Re: Chicago Outfit Book Recommendations?
[Re: Iceman999]
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12/22/13 02:50 AM
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To fill in the missing information from above...
"Operation Family Secrets" by Frank Calabrese, Jr. with Keith and Kent Zimmerman and Paul Pompian.
Also recommended, mostly because they'll give you excellent insight into the operations of the Chicago mob during the Accardo era...
"Captive City" by Ovid Demaris. Published in 1969, it is a great snapshot of the Chicago outfit and Chicago politics at that instant in time.
"When Corruption Was King: How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down" by Robert Cooley with Hillel Levin.
"Casino" by Nicholas Pileggi.
"The Outfit" by Guss Russo.
I know that Turnbull has recommended another Ovid Demaris book, "Green Felt Jungle," about the inner workings of the mob and Las Vegas...and that's on my reading list for my next trip to the Elmwood Park library.
tony b.
"Kid, these are my f**kin' work clothes."
"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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