Sweethearts

By Catherine Wismer

Book Overview

First published in 1980, Sweethearts is an eye-opening account of the men who controlled Toronto's highrise apartment business during the building boom of the 1960s. The book tells the fascinating inside story of a thriving, profitable new industry and how organized crime moved in on it. It names names: the syndicate leaders, corrupt subcontractors, hitmen, couriers and extortionists. And it chronicles the violence--the burned cars, bombed buildings and shootings--that signalled the extent of mob involvement in the industry. Based on years of careful research in Canada and the U.S., Sweethearts is a meticulous analysis of a bloody time in the nation's development history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888623844
• ISBN13: 9780888623843
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"