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4) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection ; 1058
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino...
5) Hoffa
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces Jimmy Hoffa's turbulent career from 1935, when he first solicits truck drivers to join the fledgling International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to his disappearance in 1975.
10) Man with an axe
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Sergeant Fang Mulheisen of the Detroit police reopens an investigation into the death of the Teamster boss, Jimmy Hoffa. It happens after Mulheisen finds some notebooks purporting to explain Hoffa's 1975 disappearance.
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"In Out of the Jungle, historian Thaddeus Russell gives us an account of Jimmy Hoffa's life and times, much of it previously untold. Russell argues that Hoffa was compelled by a variety of social forces to place the economic interests of his union members over broad ideological concerns. The most important of those forces was the demonstrated desire of ordinary Teamsters to improve their material lives. "What do you hire us for," he famously asked...
14) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection ; 1058
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino...
Author
Language
English
Description
"One of America's greatest investigative reporters brings to life the gripping, no-holds-barred clash of two American titans: Robert Kennedy and his nemesis Jimmy Hoffa. From 1957 to 1964, Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa channeled nearly all of their considerable powers into destroying each other. Kennedy's battle with Hoffa burst into the public consciousness with the 1957 Senate Rackets Committee hearings and intensified when his brother named him...