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Citizen Somerville

2010 True Crime
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Release : 2010
Genre : True Crime
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Book Synopsis Citizen Somerville by : Bobby Martini

Download or read book Citizen Somerville written by Bobby Martini. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1960s, a bloody civil war broke out between the two powerful Irish Mob families in the Somerville Massachusetts neighborhood known as Winter Hill. More than 60 men were murdered. The events offer a true picture of an era in Boston's pre-Whitey Bulger history when the streets were protected by a close-knit group of Irish-Italian "businessmen."

Legends of Winter Hill

2006-03-28 True Crime
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Release : 2006-03-28
Genre : True Crime
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Book Synopsis Legends of Winter Hill by : Jay Atkinson

Download or read book Legends of Winter Hill written by Jay Atkinson. This book was released on 2006-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For one year, writer Jay Atkinson worked as a private eye for the storied firm McCain Investigations, founded by the late Joe McCain, one of the most decorated police officers in Boston history. In this colorful narrative, Atkinson describes the cases he worked that year, chasing down an assortment of felons, thieves, and con artists, as well as the ghost of a real American hero, legendary cop Joe McCain. Big Joe was the genuine article, a detective so committed to his work that a gunshot wound suffered in the line of duty took thirteen years to kill him. In Legends of Winter Hill Atkinson traces Big Joe’s career from the day he put on his Boston Metropolitan Police uniform in the 1950s through the heyday of his run-ins with mafiosi, bad cops, and ruthless killers, up to his death in 2001. Atkinson also follows the career of Joe McCain’s son, Joe Jr., a tattooed motorcycle fanatic who took up the mantle of his father and became a cop himself. Legends of Winter Hill takes you into an alluring and gritty world where heroes go unsung every day and moral boundaries aren’t always black and white.

Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City

2013 Citizenship
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Release : 2013
Genre : Citizenship
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Book Rating : 146/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City by : Susan A. Ostrander

Download or read book Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City written by Susan A. Ostrander. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming a past of deteriorating homes, empty storefronts, and corrupt city administrations, Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, today proudly defines itself as a longtime immigrant city, a historically blue collar town, and a hip new urban center with a progressive city government. In Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City, Susan Ostrander shows how beneath current high levels of engagement by Somerville residents lies a struggle about who should be the city's elected leaders and how they should conduct the city's affairs. It is a struggle waged bet.

Stealing Somerville

2020-11-09 Political Science
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Release : 2020-11-09
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Stealing Somerville by : William Tauro

Download or read book Stealing Somerville written by William Tauro. This book was released on 2020-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mayor Joe Curtatone Stealing from Somerville: Death of an Urban City is an expose of abuses, a compilation of articles from Somerville News Weekly, a local newspaper. William Tauro is investigative journalist and publisher of newspaper. Tauro shows pervasive effects of Mayor Joseph Curtatone's six terms in office. Sources claim exit ramps leading to small businesses were closed to drive them out, as well as houses and properties being taken by eminent domain. The mayor and development partners

Mistaking Africa

2018-04-17 Political Science
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Release : 2018-04-17
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Mistaking Africa by : Curtis Keim

Download or read book Mistaking Africa written by Curtis Keim. This book was released on 2018-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many Americans the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Although the occasional newspaper headline mentions authoritarian rule, corruption, genocide, devastating illnesses, or civil war in Africa, the collective American consciousness still carries strong mental images of Africa that are reflected in advertising, movies, amusement parks, cartoons, and many other corners of society. Few think to question these perceptions or how they came to be so deeply lodged in American minds. Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mind-set and examines the role that popular media plays in its creation. The authors address the most prevalent myths and preconceptions and demonstrate how these prevent a true understanding of the enormously diverse peoples and cultures of Africa.Updated throughout, the fourth edition covers the entire continent (North and sub-Saharan Africa) and provides new analysis of topics such as social media and the Internet, the Ebola crisis, celebrity aid, and the Arab Spring. Mistaking Africa is an important book for African studies courses and for anyone interested in unravelling American misperceptions about the continent.

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