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ToughsEdward Falco

Toughs

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"Set during the Great Depression and based in part on real characters and a series of historical events, Toughs follows the story of Loretto Jones as he finds his life intertwined with the fate of Vince Coll, a twenty-three-year-old Irish gangster who for a brief moment rose to the level of a national celebrity during his war with Dutch Schultz, Owen Madden, Lucky Luciano, etc. Tagged "Mad Dog Coll" after killing five-year-old Michael Vengelli in a botched assassination attempt, Coll was the subject of a shoot-to-kill order issued by NY City Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney, a $50,000…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2014
    416 pages · 9781609531119
  • Other · English · 2014
    Unbridled Books · 9781609531126
GangstersCriminalsFictionFiction, crimeFiction, historicalCriminals, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionFICTION / Crime