Sunshine State Mafia (eBook)

A History of Florida’s Mobsters, Hit Men, and Wise Guys

Doug Kelly (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
194 Seiten
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-7322-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Inside accounts and little known stories of criminal networksin Floridas pastA vivid, wildride through a century of Mafia lore, this book tells stories of organizedcrime rings that have settled in Florida and made the state their base ofoperations for bootlegging, gambling, extortion, money laundering, and drugrunning. Sunshine State Mafia divulges the hidden history of the mobfrom the Keys to Pensacola and Jacksonville. Featuring Al Capone and crime ringsin Miami and South Florida, the Trafficante family in Tampa, Harlan Blackburnand his gambling empire in Orlando, and many more individuals both infamous andlittle known, this book explains how and why mob bosses from northern statescame to Florida in the early 1900sthey saw the state as a respite from coldweather and a good place to evade law enforcement. The cast of characters inthese stories includes cops, sheriffs, prosecutors, judges, and politicians whotook bribes or even conspired with criminals.DougKelly offers never-before-told information from newly released files,interviews with retired police and FBI agents, and his own career as a securityconsultant during the Cocaine Cowboys era. Kellys line of work involvedbrushes with criminal elements and notorious characters, which he recountshere. He also defines roles within Mafia families, discusses how changes in policinghave impacted the patterns of criminal organizations, and talks about what distinguishesthe Mafia from other groups.The first book to survey the origins and activities of the Mafia acrossFlorida, Sunshine State Mafia will surprise readers with its insightsinto the influence of organized crime in the history of the states small townsand cities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.3.2024
• Zusatzinfo: 34 b/w illus., bibliography
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Schlagworte: Al Capone • Bolita • bootleggers • Charlie Wall • Corruption • drug lords • drug trafficking • Extortion • Florida Crime • Florida's cocaine cowboys • Gangsters • Genovese • Harlan Blackburn • Hitmen • illegal gambling • Joey Merlino • Leonard Patrick Gonzalez • Mafia • Meyer Lansky • Mob Boss • Mutiny Hotel • Organized Crime • Prohibition • racketeering • Salvatore Gravano • Santo Trafficante • Scarface • trafficante • True Crime • Vincent Alo
• ISBN-10: 0-8130-7322-7 / 0813073227
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-7322-4 / 9780813073224