xix, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Blood in, blood out Mexican Mafia history Boxer beginnings Drugs, dealing, robbing, and rebellion Boxer graduates to college (prison) The wrecking crew Boxer and the black hand Mafia politics : like swimming with sharks in a bloody pool Back outside : the brutality of the streets Preserving hoodlum honor Boxer meets steely-eyed Chuco Hit the streets like a wildman Shifting loyalties and sweet revenge A reign of terror Learning a sweet lucrative scam Hungry piranhas in a tank Die like a man, you punk Mafia gratitude goes only so far La Eme goes to Hollywood Drive-bys, drugs, and the Pepsi generation Mafia Dealing with pure evil The Eme plot to kill the governor of California Operation Pelican Drop Calling the shots from prison Baby killers Dead men don't pay Chuco rolls on La Eme A rat or just smart? A mini-mob convention Boxer, Bat, and the Tijuana drug cartel It was just business Race riot madness Phony peace talks Growing mob-weary Man is made or unmade by himself Missing life Dropping out of the mob A wonderful break You can't play by the rules La Eme spreading like a cancer Trying to be more
