| Whitey's Payback Contributor(s): English, T. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1480479810 ISBN-13: 9781480479814 Publisher: Open Road Media Young Readers OUR PRICE: $28.76 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Organized Crime - History | Essays - Social Science | Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.01 lbs) 244 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): English, T. J.: - As a journalist and nonfiction author, Thomas Joseph "T. J." English (b. 1957) is one of America's foremost authorities on the recent history of crime. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he moved to New York in 1981, where he spent his nights driving a taxi and his days writing for Irish America magazine, producing a series of articles that would lead to his first book, The Westies (1990), an account of the last decades of a once-powerful Irish mob. Since then English has written about Vietnamese gangs, mafia infiltration of pre-Castro Cuba, and, in Savage City (2011), the history of racial tension between New York City's police and its citizens. He has written magazine articles on modern crime for Playboy, Esquire, and New York magazine, and has also written for the screen, producing episodes for the gritty cop shows NYPD Blue and Homicide: Life on the Street. He lives in New York City. |