About The Talk: Dig deep into the mind of James J. “Whitey” Bulger, the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. “Whitey expert” Dick Lehr will deconstruct Bulger’s insatiable hunger for power and control, examining and revealing the factors and forces that created the monster. He is an American original – a psychopath who fostered a following a frightening mix of terror, deadly intimidation, and the deft touch of a politician who often helped a family in need meet their monthly rent. But the history shows that despite myths portraying him as a Robin Hood figure, Whitey was actually a supreme narcissist. In an Irish American neighborhood where loyalty has always been rule one, the Bulger brand was loyalty only to oneself.
About The Speaker: Dick Lehr, co-author of Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss, is a professor of journalism at Boston University and a former reporter at the Boston Globe, where he won numerous awards and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. He is the author of The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Boston’s Racial Divide, which was an Edgar Award finalist and a Boston Globe bestseller. He is a co-author of several other books, including the national bestseller and Edgar Award-winning Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, The FBI, and a Devils Deal.
Seating is limited to 100. Book selling and signing after the talk for those interested. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
