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The Purple Gang : organized crime in Detroit, 1910-1945  Cover Image Book Book

The Purple Gang : organized crime in Detroit, 1910-1945 / Paul R. Kavieff.

Kavieff, Paul R. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 156980494X
  • ISBN: 9781569804940
  • Physical Description: xii, 214 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Fort Lee, NJ : Barricade Books, [2013], c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"New introduction [i.e., preface] c2013 by Paul R. Kavieff"-- T.p. verso
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Origins of the Purple Gang -- The birth of the Oakland Sugar House Gang -- The murder of Johnny Reid -- The Milaflores Apartment Massacre -- The murder of Vivian Welch -- The Cleaners and Dyers War -- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre -- Bloody July -- Collingwood Manor Massacre -- The self-destruction -- The Brothers Fleisher -- Harry Millman: Last of the Purple Gang Cowboys -- The murder of Warren Hooper -- The prison years.
Subject: Gangs > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Organized crime > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Purple Gang.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library HV 6439 .U7 D487 2000 30775305457021 General Collection Available -


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