Don't Talk About Joe Mac

The Life, Wars, and Secret History of the Man Behind the Winter Hill Gang

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Forget what you think you know about the Winter Hill Gang; this is the ruthless truth of the Boston underworld and its most ominous figure — his tragic origins, unsolved murders, and his daughter who broke the silence around him.In 2020, author Springs Toledo set out to find a ghost in the Boston underworld whose name can end a conversation — what he found is startling. Don’t Talk About Joe Mac is a true crime biography that reads like noir fiction. It is a journey through a shadow society as bizarre as it was impenetrable; an exposé that will upend the official narrative animating United States v. James J. Bulger (2013) as it corrects the record and takes the top off a succession of unsolved murders.Joe McDonald (1917-1997), a World War II veteran and father of five, was the most revered career criminal in the region and its most prolific killer. He founded the Winter Hill Gang in the 1950s, became the bogeyman of the infamous Gangland War of the 1960s, and was among the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in the 1970s, and yet his name was barely mentioned and his exploits only whispers.His daughter, whose own unforgettable story is laced within his, brings us uncomfortably close to a personality marred by trauma. This is Joe Mac's story, a story you were never supposed to know.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-19
Mått160 x 232 x 26 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9798881842499

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Prologue: August 9, 1997 Part I: The Descent Chapter 1: August 9, 1942 Chapter 2: Dear Ma Chapter 3: Joe Noir Chapter 4: A Pillow of Stone Chapter 5: The Box Part II: The Gangland War, 1961–1966 Chapter 6: “The Go-to Place for Summer Fun” Chapter 7: “Boston Was Overrun With Sick Bastards” Chapter 8: “Wait for the Splash!” Chapter 9: “Buddy Was My Best Friend”Part III: 1966–1973 Chapter 10: Walpole-28333 Chapter 11: The Friends of Kathy Murphy Chapter 12: Crimson and Clover Chapter 13: Blue Sunday Chapter 14: The Man Who Wouldn’t Die Chapter 15: Chandler’s Chapter 16: Howie Winter’s Mistake Chapter 17: Blurred LinesPart IV: 1973–1975 Chapter 18: Behind Closed Doors Chapter 19: What Happened to John Leary Chapter 20: Whitey and the Hit Squad: the Real Story Part V: 1975–1983 Chapter 21: Jim Sims Chapter 22: The Murder of Raymond Lundgren, and Then Some Chapter 23: Two Fugitives in Florida Chapter 24: Truth, Lies, and World Jai Alai Chapter 25: “Because I’m Queer”Chapter 26: Whitey Bulger v Joe Mac Part VI: 1987–1997Chapter 27: Pandemonium Day Chapter 28: The Disappearance of Jim Sims Chapter 29: Quincy Chapter 30: 41 Epilogue: Jackie, TodayAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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