Whitey

Author(s): Gerard O'Neill; Dick Lehr

True Crime

From the bestselling writers of Black Mass, now a major film, comes the definite biography of Whitey Bulger - the most brutal modern day mafia boss since Gotti.

Drawing on previously classified material, Whiteytells the story of James J. 'Whitey' Bulger, the crime boss, psychopath and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. From his childhood on the streets in South Boston and his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s, to the corrupt pact with the FBI and the fifteen years he hid in plain sight as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted, Whiteyis the story of corruption, greed and an insatiable hunger for power and control. A sadistic crime boss who liked to get his hands dirty even at the top, this explosive biography creates a portrait of a monster, and one of the most successful organised crime careers of all time.


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Dick Lehr (Author) Dick Lehr is a professor of journalism at Boston University and a former reporter at the Boston Globe. He is the author of several books, including the national bestseller and Edgar Award-winning Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal.Gerard O'Neill (Author) GERARD O'NEILL has won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism as well as many other national journalism awards. He was the longtime editor of the Boston Globe's award-winning investigative team. He co-authored Black Mass and also, with Lehr, The Underboss, as well as Rogues and Redeemers, a political history of the Boston Irish focusing on the city's most famous mayors.

General Fields

  • : 9780091956813
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Ebury Press
  • : June 2015
  • : July 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Gerard O'Neill; Dick Lehr
  • : Paperback