Murder, Inc., and the moral life : gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York / Robert Weldon Whalen.

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"Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whalen, Robert Weldon, 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Organized crime > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Gangsters > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Crime > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
Crime.
Gangsters.
Organized crime.
New York (State) > New York.
1898-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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