Their Town: The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine

by Bill Freeman and Marsha Hewitt

Who were the politicians, lawyers, fixers, developers, organized crime bosses, newspaper publishers and businessmen who, historically, ran Hamilton? How did the get their power, and how did they exercise it? Their Town is a unique book about Hamilton, a study not of the local corporate elite or labour leaders but rather of the people who in fact ran the city, day by day. The authors offer accounts of the 50-year history of organized crime in the city...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888622678
• ISBN13: 9780888622679
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 11.0"