the south Boston Irish mobster who took the rap when everyone else ran /
First Statement of Responsibility
John "Red" Shea ; with an introduction by Matt Wahlberg.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Harper,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 282 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
21 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Previously published in New York by William Morrow in 2006 with ISBN 9780060837167.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Mark Wahlberg -- Release -- Childhood -- Whitey -- Early boxing -- Other battles -- Streets -- California -- End of boxing -- Back to Southie -- In business -- Kilos -- On my own -- Recruited by the mob -- Penelope -- Test -- Protege -- Turf -- I-95 -- Commitment -- Inner circle -- Going down -- Front-page news -- Bracelet -- Sentence -- FCI Milan -- Fort Dix hello -- Teaching Dominic -- Doing time right -- Pops (and Nigel Bowe) -- Freddie and "futbol" -- Lollipop -- Betrayal -- Love and honor -- Cuban -- Home -- Today -- Epilogue.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"The man who has remained silent for more than a decade finally speaks, revealing the true story of his life inside the infamous South Boston Irish mob led by the elusive, Machiavellian kingpin Whitey Bulger, who to this day remains on the lam as one of the world's Ten Most Wanted criminals, second only to Osama bin Laden." "In Rat Bastards, John "Red" Shea brings that mysterious world and gritty urban Irish American street culture into sharp focus by telling his own story - of his fatherless upbringing, his apprenticeship on the tough streets of Southie, and his love affair with trouble, boxing, and then the gangster life. A man who did the crime, did the time, and held fast to the Irish code of silence, which he was raised to follow at any cost, Shea remains a man of honor and in doing so has become a living legend."--Jacket.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bulger, Whitey,1929-2018.
Shea, John,1965-
Bulger, Whitey,1929-2018
Shea, John,1965-
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gangsters-- Massachusetts-- Boston, Biography.
Irish Americans-- Massachusetts-- Boston-- Social conditions.
Organized crime-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
Gangsters-- Massachusetts-- Boston, Biography.
Gangsters.
Irish Americans-- Social conditions.
Irish Americans-- Social conditions.-- Massachusetts-- Boston.