Springs Toledo

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Don't Talk about Joe Mac

The Life, Wars, and Secret History of the Man Behind the Winter Hill Gang

Beschreibung

This is the story of Joe Mac, a mysterious figure in the Boston underworld, founder of the Winter Hill Gang in the 1950s, member of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in the 1970s. He killed dozens over a criminal career that spanned five decades. All of them are unsolved.

Autor

Springs Toledo writes literary nonfiction and is the author of five books, including The Hanging of Old Brown: A Story of Slaves, Statesmen, and Redemption (2002) and Murderers' Row: In Search of Boxing's Greatest Outcasts (2017; 2020). His writing has been featured on NPR's Here & Now, recognized in The Best American Essays (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023), and published in Ploughshares, City Journal, and Salon, as well as several other magazines and journals. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Toledo is a product of the underclass, parochial schools, and boxing gyms. At 15, his mugshot was snapped at Boston Police Headquarters on Berkeley Street; ten years later he was one mile west graduating summa cum laude from Northeastern University with an advanced degree in Criminology. Learn more at www.SpringsToledo.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9798881842499
• Artikelnr.: 74294137