Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada's Most Notorious Bootlegger

• Author: Antonio Nicaso
• ISBN 10: 0470835265
• ISBN 13: 9780470835265
• Edition: 1
• Release: February 18, 2005
• Format: Paperback (261 pages)
• List Price: $18.95
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  List Price: $18.95

  Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Historical, Canadian,

  Book Description:
  Rocco Perri came to Canada almost a century ago from Calabria, Italy. Even today his name is well known to historians, police and organized crime--and especially to the people of the city he called home--Hamilton, Ontario.A poor immigrant, Perri along with his common-law wife, Bessie Starkman, built an unequalled crime empire for the time. During the Prohibition years, Perri provided alcohol to a thirsty clientele in Canada and the United States--a business that was very illegal and highly lucrative. Al Capone and Joseph Kennedy were among Perri's customers. The Perris also ran gambling, loan-sharking, extortion and prostitution rackets.ROCCO PERRI: King of the Bootleggers is more than the biography of a man and his empire; it is a riveting portrait of a time when corruption was rampant, murder a business necessity, and discrimination against newcomers forced many to turn to crime as a means of survival. This book also solves a half-century-long mystery about the fate of Rocco Perri.

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