| Prohibition Pittsburgh Contributor(s): Gazarik, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 146713662X ISBN-13: 9781467136624 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - True Crime | Organized Crime |
| LCCN: 2017940923 |
| Series: Murder & Mayhem |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 4.4" W x 10.1" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bootlegging, bombs, murder, and more... all for the price of a drink. This is the history of Prohibition in Pittsburgh. When you work hard, you play hard, and Pittsburgh is a hardworking city. So, when Prohibition hit the Steel City, it created a level of violence and corruption residents had never witnessed. Illegal producers ran stills in kitchens, basements, bathroom tubs, warehouses and even abandoned distilleries. War between gangs of bootleggers resulted in a number of murders and bombings that placed Pittsburgh on the same level as New York City and Chicago in criminal activity. John Bazzano ordered the killing of the Volpe brothers but did so without the permission of Mafia bosses; his battered body was later found on the street in Brooklyn. Author Richard Gazarik details the shady side of the Steel City during a tumultuous era. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gazarik, Richard: - Richard Gazarik has been a journalist in western Pennsylvania for more than forty years. He is the author of Black Valley: The Life and Death of Fannie Sellins, published in 2011. |