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A STORY THAT NO OTHER AUTHOR COULD HAVE PUT TOGETHER . . . 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 ReviewsProduct Identifiers
PublisherRandom House USA INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780804114646
eBay Product ID (ePID)88904107
Product Key Features
Book TitleAccardo: the Genuine Godfather
AuthorWilliam F. Roemer
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTrue Crime
Publication Year1996
Dimensions
Item Height173mm
Item Width107mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorWilliam F. Roemer
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States