The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1543619444 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 446 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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In Talty’s hands, this is a thrilling instant classic.” —Robert Kolker, author of the New York Times bestseller Lost Girls “Given the secret nature of the Black Hand—which terrorized New York and the nation a century ago—Talty’s account is extraordinarily detailed. It’s a great book.” —Tyler Anbinder, author of City of Dreams “Stephan Talty’s The Black Hand offers a fascinating glimpse of a period in New York City in what is a classic and suspenseful account of a growing terror and the detective who won’t give up, no matter what it costs him.”—Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize
The children of Italian immigrants were kidnapped, and dozens of innocent victims were gunned down. Standing between the American public and the Black Hand's lawlessness was Joseph Petrosino. Their only calling card: the symbol of a black hand. Beginning in the summer of 1903, an insidious crime wave filled New York City, and then the entire country, with fear. Petrosino's quest to root out the source of the Black Hand's power would take him all the way to Sicily - but at a terrible cost. Dubbed the "Italian Sherlock Holmes", he was a famously dogged and ingenious detective and a master of disguise. Film rights optioned by Paramount Studios, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Bombs tore apart tenement buildings. The crimes whipped up the slavering tabloid press and heated ethnic tensions to the boiling point. The perpetrators seemed both omnipresent and invisible. Judges, senators, Rockefellers, and society matrons were threatened with gruesome deaths. As the crimes grew ever more bizarre and the Black Hand's activities
very compellling story about the Black Hand and a hero detective who pursued them Up until now my only knowledge of the Black Hand was its brief mention in the sequel movie to the Godfather when a young Vito Corleone murders the current Don, a member of the Black Hand, and becomes a Don himself. The Godfather series is fiction, but this book, The Black Hand, is a true historical account of the Black Hand society that was composed of criminal Italian immigrants to the U.S. in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The author very thoroughly chronicles their rise to prominence and the methods they used to extort American businessman and ev. Black Hand is great! Christopher T. This is a great read. Informative and entertaining and the books subject matter is very intriguing covering people and things that you don't read about in school but probably should. If you are Italian or Italian American or just a fan of good crime and detective stories this book is definitely worth your time.. Amazon Customer said Disturbing at times but a great. Well written. Hard to put down. Disturbing at times but a great read