Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster » (Reprint)

The author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne and Paddy Whacked, and The Westies, T. J. English has written for Esquire, Playboy, New York magazine, and other publications, and for the television crime dramas NYPD Blue and Homicide, for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize. Born to Kill and Havana Nocturne were both finalists for the Edgar Award. English lives in New York City.

Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader; and James "Whitey" Bulger, the ruthless and untouchable Southie legend. Stretching from the earliest New York and New Orleans street wars through decades of bootlegging scams, union strikes, gang wars, and FBI investigations, Paddy Whacked is a riveting tour de force that restores the Irish American gangster to his rightful preeminent place in our criminal history — and penetrates to the heart of the American experience.