Accardo: The Genuine Godfather
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Accardo: The Genuine Godfather by William F Roemer Jr
"A STORY THAT NO OTHER AUTHOR COULD HAVE PUTTOGETHER . . . Roemer [is] America's most decorated FBI agent."
--Chicago Tribune
For forty years Tony Accardo was America's most dangerous criminal. He cut his teeth on the Chicago mob wars of Capone and Elliot Ness. He got his nickname "Joe Batters" for killing two men with a baseball bat. As the bodies piled up, Capone's youngest capo murdered and schemed his way to the top.
William Roemer was the first FBI agent to face Tony "The Big Tuna" Accardo. Now, Roemer tells the story that only he could tell: the deals, the hits, the double-crosses, and the power plays that reached from the Windy City to Hollywood and to New York. Drawing on secret wiretaps and inside information, ACCARDO chronicles bloodshed and mayhem for more than six decades--as Roemer duels against the most powerful don of them all. . . .
"Roemer brings the reality of organized crime home to us."
--Boston Herald
"A big, sprawled out account that serves as anecdotal history of organized crime."
--Kirkus Reviews
William F. Roemer, Jr. (1926-1996) was a retired FBI agent who was most known for infiltrating the Mafia. Accardo: The Real Godfather and The Enforcer: Spilotro--The Chicago Mob's Man Over Las Vegas are two of his works on his time as an FBI agent.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780804114646 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804114641 |
| Title | Accardo: The Genuine Godfather |
| Author | William F Roemer Jr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1996-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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