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Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Prohibition-Era Gang That Ruled St. Louis

Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Prohibition-Era Gang That Ruled St. Louis - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel WaughPublish date:2007-04-01Pages:318
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cumberland House PublishingISBN-13:9781581825756ISBN-10:1581825757UPC:9781581825756Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Organized Crime, United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.07 x 6.32 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCMQ2MHT38
Led by two childhood pals, Thomas "Snake" Kinney and Tom Egan, the Egan's Rats emerged from St. Louis's Irish slums. They learned their trade the old-fashioned way, via robberies, brawls, burglaries, and shootings. When Kinney ran on the Democratic ticket in the third ward, his friends were at the polls to ensure he got enough votes. For nearly ten years the gang cut a large swath in St. Louis, instilling fear wherever it went. With Snake Kinney, a Missouri state senator and Tom Egan, St. Louis's most dangerous gangster, the gang boasted nearly 400 members. Nearly everyone who lived in St. Louis was touched by them in some way or another. Egan's Rats provides a fascinating glimpse into a past that wasn't always idyllic. It was an era in which roving gangs of thugs terrorized voters with impunity, when alcohol was illegal, when a gangster could brag of his power in the newspaper, and when the tendrils of St. Louis crime reached all the way into the White House.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cumberland House PublishingISBN-13:9781581825756ISBN-10:1581825757UPC:9781581825756Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Organized Crime, United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.07 x 6.32 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCMQ2MHT38
Waugh, Daniel: - DANIEL WAUGH is a history buff with a particular interest in the history of crime in the greater St. Louis, Missouri, area where he lies. While his research extends far beyond the confines of this book, Egan's Rats is his first published work.
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing

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