| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 424 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
A killing between friends -- The surprise letter -- "We gotta put somebody in a hole" -- Witness of a lifetime -- "Don't make any plans" -- United States vs. the Chicago outfit -- "You do it" -- This is not the Sopranos -- Testimony and tapes -- "This is a robbery" -- Alva and Emma -- "Strangers in the night" -- A son against his father -- Nick -- A killer tells his tale -- Explosion on the Tollway -- "If I give up by brothers" -- From Cicero to Las Vegas -- One and two -- The beak, the oven, and the dentist -- Joey -- Cross-examination -- Frank Sr. -- Twan -- Closing arguments -- End of a trial, end of an era -- Chronology. |
| Summary |
Painting a vivid picture of the pivotal case that broke apart a Chicago mob family, this narrative relies on court transcripts, police records, interviews, and notes to recreate the story as it unfolded in a 2007 courtroom. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Outfit (Organization)
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Outfit (Organization) |
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Outfit (Organization) |
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Mafia -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Mafia. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Organized crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
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Organized crime. |
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History. |
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Criminals -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Criminals. |
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Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
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Murder. |
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Case studies.
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Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Case studies.
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Trials (Murder) |
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Illinois. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coen, Jeff. Family secrets. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2009 9781556527814 1556527810 (DLC) 2008040135 (OCoLC)254528390 |
| ISBN |
9781569762448 electronic book |
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1569762449 electronic book |
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9781556527814 |
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1556527810 |
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