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

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

From the author of Boston Strong: A Cityâ€™s Triumph Over Tragedy.

â€œJoseph Barboza is the most dangerous individual known.â€â€”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 Bedfordâ€“born mobster was a proud Portuguese, not Sicilian, but his dream to be part of La Cosa Nostra proved so strong that he thought he could create a loophole. If he killed enough men, if he did enough of the Mafiaâ€™s dirtiest biddings, then they would have no choice but to make him a Made Man.

Barbozaâ€™s brutal rise during one of the deadliest mob wars in U.S. history became the stuff of legend, both on the bloodied streets of Boston and in the offices of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney General. He took sick joy in his crimes, and it became increasingly difficult for the mob to keep the Animal on his leash. But soon the hunter became the hunted. Betrayed by the mob and now on the run, Bostonâ€™s most notorious contract killer forged a Faustian bargain with two unscrupulous FBI agentsâ€”a pact that would transform the U.S. criminal justice system. From false testimony and manipulated evidence that sent mob leaders to death row, to the creation of the Witness Protection Program so the feds could protect their prized, cold-blooded witness, this was the horrific, dramatic first act in a story of murder and FBI corruption still being played out today in the news and the courtroom with the capture and trial of Whitey Bulger. Barbozaâ€™s legacy, buried for years thanks to the murders or deaths of its participants, is finally coming to light and being told in its unvarnished brutality by one of Americaâ€™s most respected true crime writers.
Country USA
Brand Northeastern University Press
Manufacturer Northeastern University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
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EANs 9781555538224
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Country	USA
Brand	Northeastern University Press
Manufacturer	Northeastern University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781555538224
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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

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