Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano: Whitey Bulger's Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld

By Howie Carr

Book Overview

After graduating from high school, John Martorano turned down seven football scholarships and instead stayed in Boston. Hanging out in the notorious Combat Zone, he fell under the guidance of Stephen Flemmi-high ranking Winter Hill mobster and close associate of James Whitey Bulger-and by the age of twenty-five, Martorano was a professional killer. He became one of the Winter Hill Gang's most prolific-and feared-enforcers. This is the gripping true-life story of Martorano's years killing for the Winter Hill Gang, told in Carr's arresting inimitable style.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765326396
• ISBN13: 9780765326393
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Forge Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.6" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Bulger. Another chapter in Massachusetts history. Well written.

Good read. Order several others written by howie carr.