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Originally Posted by amber
That's too bad, about the forced bussing...  But that Whitey Bulgar things sound really interesting, I've never heard of him!!! Course, you know we all love mob stories....  I'm Irish and Italian, I love them even more...  |
You have to read this book, Amber. I know you would really really like it. Southie is mostly Irish American. The author's name is Michael Patrick MacDonald. You dont' get much more Irish! He lost half his brothers to untimely deaths but it is still ultimately a triumphant story for him. His mother is sassy, she was known as the looker of the projects.
She never left the house unless she was in spike heels!
Whitey Bulger has been a fugative for 10 years. He was a big FBI informant for years so they would look the other way while he did his dealings (and paid them off). He had a vast network of crooked cops/agents on his side keeping him in business. There isn't a lot of detail about that in the book but it talks about how he basically owned Southie and that folks thought of him as a hero. It is interesting to learn their perspective, why they would see a crooked mobster as a hero. Very interesting.