| Description |
viii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"Former Chicago police officer and mafia associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, the protagonist of Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Pascente and Spilotro grew up together on Chicago's near West Side, and as young toughs they were rousted and shaken down by Hanhardt. While Spilotro became the youngest made man in Chicago Outfit history, Pascente was drafted into the army and then joined the police department. Soon taken under Hanhardt's wing because of his connections, Pascente served as Hanhardt's fixer and bagman on the department for more than a decade. At the same time, Pascente remained close to Spilotro, making frequent trips to Las Vegas to party with his old friend while helping to rob the casinos blind. Mob Cop tells about the decline of traditional organized crime in the United States, and it reveals information about the inner workings of the Outfit that have never been publicly released. Fred Pascente's positions as an insider on both the criminal and law enforcement fronts makes this story a matchless tell-all. "-- Provided by publisher. |
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"The tell-all memoir of a Chicago police officer and mafia associate who played both sides of the law"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
1 There You Go 1 -- 2 Paradise 8 -- 3 Trouble in Paradise 21 -- 4 Machine 28 -- 5 Grand Avenue 33 -- 6 Badlands 41 -- 7 Tough Guys 49 -- 8 Connected 59 -- 9 Rush Street Nights 70 -- 10 You're In The Army Now 79 -- 11 Family Feuds 90 -- 12 This Is A Policeman? 99 -- 13 Street Smarts 107 -- 14 Fun and Games 113 -- 15 Bad Company 119 -- 16 Card Games 127 -- 17 Criminal Justice 140 -- 18 Thunderbolt 149 -- 19 Shakespeare 160 -- 20 Working Both Sides 170 -- 21 Gamblers 178 -- 22 Occupational Hazards 188 -- 23 Right-Hand Man 195 -- 24 Bank Dick 203 -- 25 Detective Pascente 209 -- 26 Found Money 217 -- 27 Chief 223 -- 28 Family Guy 232 -- 29 Rats 239 -- 30 Internal Affairs 250 -- 31 Dorfman 255 -- 32 Politics 260 -- 33 Sun Sets in the West 264 -- 34 Crime Story 270 -- 35 Gone 276 -- 36 Gypsies 281 -- 37 Crazy Horse 285 -- 38 Trouble 293 -- 39 Demise 300 -- 40 An Oxford Man 305 -- 41 End 313. |
| Subject |
Pascente, Fred, 1942-2014.
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Chicago (Ill.). Police Department -- Corrupt practices.
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Police -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Police corruption -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Organized crime -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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| Genre |
Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Reaves, Sam, 1954- author.
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| ISBN |
9781613731345 (hardback) |
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1613731345 (hardback) |
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