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Wonderland : a tale of hustling hard and breaking even

Wonderland : a tale of hustling hard and breaking even

Treska, Nicole, author.
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"Nicole Treska was born to a family of gangsters. In the 1970s, during Boston's mob wars, her grandfather's diner was an unofficial headquarters for Whitey Bulger and other members of the Winter Hill Gang. Nicole's father was also an associate of the gang: there was talk that, before Nicole could walk, her stroller was used as a decoy to sell drugs. In 1985, her father too was arrested and tried-sentenced to two years in prison for federal drug t...

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Boston (Mass.)
Dysfunctional families
Families
Organized crime
Organized crime United States
Treska, Nicole Family
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ISBN:
9781668005040
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Description:
ix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Other Title:
Tale of hustling hard and breaking even
Contents:
Prologue: Mystic city by the sea
This place used to be Wonderland
Anything to get clean
The cyborg and the tree
Catfished
Run, baby, run
Cat out of the bag
You've got to suffer to be beautiful
Dangerous animals
Loaded
Ha-ha on the beach
Guido Sarducci
Some kind of victory
Something nice
LCCN:
bl2024015448
Control Number:
3324168
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