Health & Fitness
Inside Boston Organized Crime THIS Tuesday @ Tewksbury Library
Author of 'Boston Organized Crime' comes by to discuss her new book.
Join the Boston Globe's Emily Sweeney as she discusses her new book - Boston Organized Crime this Tuesday at 6:30pm.
About The Book: Boston has had its share of bookies and loan sharks, gangsters and wiseguys, hoodlums and hit men. From the Great Brink’s Robbery, which was hailed as the crime of the century; to the long-forgotten Cotton Club in Roxbury, where the legendary nightlife kingpin Charlie “King” Solomon was gunned down; to the infamous Blackfriars Massacre, a brutal gangland slaying that left five men dead,slumped over a backgammon game in a cramped basement office—all of these dark moments in time are a part of Boston’s history that is rarely spoken about.
Boston Organized Crime explores the region’s shadier side and takes a closer look at the mobsters and racketeers who once operated in the Greater Boston area. Drawing upon an eclectic collection of crime scene photographs, mug shots, and police documents, author Emily Sweeney takes readers on an eye-opening journey through Boston’s underworld, from the bootlegging days of Prohibition to the bloody gangland wars of the 1960s.
About The Author: Emily Sweeney is an award-winning journalist who researched and wrote “Greatest Hits: A Mob Tour of Boston” for the Boston Globe. Sweeney is also featured as a guest commentator in “Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of White Bulger, Southie, and The Departed,” a documentary film about organized crime in South Boston. Sweeney is from Dorchetser and her knowledge of the city and its history runs deep. She has been a staff writer at the Boston Globe since 2001.
For those interested, a book selling and signing will follow this event.
Fine Print: Talk will be held in the Meeting Room. Doors open at 6:15pm. Talk begins at 6:30pm. Seating is limited. The room is handicap accessible. A door prize will be awarded. Pre-registration is STRONGLY recommended as it aids the performer and staff with planning. Register by stopping by the Reference Desk; calling 978-640-4490 x 205; or by clicking HERE. Talk is FREE thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library. Talk is open to ALL, including non-Tewksbury residents.
