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Author: Dick Lehr

📘 Whitey by Dick Lehr

Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill chronicle the life of Whitey Bulger, the infamous Boston crime boss whose violent reign made the FBI work hard to keep him in check. The book traces his early days in South Boston during the 1940s, his imprisonment at Alcatraz in the 1950s, and his later partnership with federal agents in the 1970s. It follows his decades of evasion, hiding in plain sight from 1994 to 2011, culminating in his capture and 2011 trial.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography

Authors: Dick Lehr

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