The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and

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The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History

â€œGripping . . . A valuable recounting of a lurid and little-known episode in American history.â€ â€” Washington Post
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Beginning in the summer of 1903, an insidious crime wave stirred New York City, then the entire country, into panic. The children of Italian immigrants were being kidnapped and dozens of innocent victims gunned down. Bombs tore apart tenement buildings. Judges, senators, Rockefellers, and society matrons were threatened with gruesome deaths. The perpetratorsâ€™ only calling card: the symbol of a black hand.
Â Â Â Â Standing between the American public and the Black Handâ€™s lawlessness was Joseph Petrosino. Dubbed â€œthe Italian Sherlock Holmes,â€ he was a dogged and ingenious detective and master of disguise. As the crimes grew ever more bizarre, Petrosino and his all-Italian police squad raced to capture members of the secret criminal society before the nationâ€™s anti-immigrant tremors exploded into catastrophe.
Â Â Â Â The Black Hand is a fast-paced story of mystery, terror, sacrifice, and honor in turn-of-the-century America, from a master of narrative nonfiction.
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Â â€œTaut, brisk, and very cinematic.â€ â€” Newsday

Country	USA
Author	Stephan Talty
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9780544635357
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Mariner Books
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
NumberOfPages	338
PublicationDate	2017-04-25
Publisher	Mariner Books
ReleaseDate	2017-04-25
Studio	Mariner Books

The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History

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