Animal: The Bloody Rise and Fall of the Mob's Most Feared Assassin

by Casey Sherman

Book Overview

From the author of Boston Strong: A City's Triumph Over Tragedy.

"Joseph Barboza is the most dangerous individual known."--FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, 1965

Joe Barboza knew that there were two requirements for getting inducted into the Mafia. You had to be Sicilian. And you had to commit a contract killing. The New Bedford-born mobster was a proud Portuguese, not Sicilian, but his dream to be part of La Cosa Nostra proved so strong...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555538223
• ISBN13: 9781555538224
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"