Irish Gangsters: The Untold Story of Whitey Bulger, Owney Madden, and Jack ""Legs"" Diamond

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Ethan Gallagher

Irish Gangsters

Name: Irish Gangsters
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ISBN: 9798232012687

The Untold Story of Whitey Bulger, Owney Madden, and Jack ""Legs"" Diamond

Ethan Gallagher

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English

Brendan Gallagher
05 November 2025

True crime; Organised crime

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From the blood-soaked streets of Prohibition-era New York to the smoky backrooms of Boston's underworld, Irish Gangsters uncovers the hidden history of three men who shaped American organized crime, and paid the price for it.

Owney ""The Killer"" Madden, the ruthless yet calculating kingpin of Hell's Kitchen, built a criminal empire that stretched from Manhattan speakeasies to the gambling halls of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Jack ""Legs"" Diamond, the bootlegging playboy known for surviving countless assassination attempts, turned the Roaring Twenties into his own personal battlefield. Decades later, James ""Whitey"" Bulger ruled South Boston with the same mix of charm and terror, a gangster who became an FBI informant and America's most wanted fugitive.

Told with vivid detail and drawn from court documents, FBI files, and first-hand accounts, Irish Gangsters traces a dark lineage of ambition, betrayal, and blood. It's a story of how three Irish-Americans-separated by time but united by greed, loyalty, and violence-each rose from the streets to command their own criminal kingdoms.

From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the alleys of Albany, from the corrupt politics of Hot Springs to the paranoia of Cold War Boston, this is the untold story of the Irish underworld-where the code of silence ruled, and the line between hero and villain was always razor thin.

By: Ethan Gallagher
Imprint: Brendan Gallagher
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 163g
ISBN: 9798232012687
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 05 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active