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James bulger 02182748 as well as an unsigned photo from alcatraz. Boston james whitey bulgers capture could cause a world of trouble inside the fbi. Penitentiary hazelton, bruceton mills, west virginia, american crime boss who, as head of the bostonarea winter hill gang, was a leading figure in organized crime from the late 1960s to the mid1990s. From his boston childhood to his current home in a prison cell, boston globe reporters cullen and murphy follow their subject through every documented moment in his life. For more than a decade, until his capture in june 2011. But his solution whenever confronted with a problem was always murder at least 19 of them. While the arrest of whitey bulger may seem to close the book on a significant aspect of modern boston history, lehr says its really the beginning of a new chapter. Boston when james whitey bulger and his girlfriend, catherine greig, were on the lam in santa monica, calif. One of his false claims was that he was the first law enforcement officer to recover the gun used to assassinate martin luther king jr. Please not the autographed portion was cut and removed and i used acid free tape to reattach to the. Chilling james whitey bulger signed handwritten letter with.
An unflinching look at the culture of silence and death fostered by bulgerand by his friends in high and low placesand an important affirmation for young people growing up in todays neighborhoods of good people besieged by thuggery, corruption, and. Whitey bulger and the fbi agent who fought to bring him down. Although at times boring, it does provide a fascinating potrait of whitey. The life of americas most notorious mob boss lehr and gerard oneill talked to agents who worked with bulger, gangsters who were in his gang, and dug up documents that have not yet been seen by the public or most reporters. Jun 26, 20 10 books about james whitey bulger hes been charged with 19 counts of murder. Hes also facing assertions that he was an fbi informant before. Kevin cullen whitley bulger book signing book signing. Fitzpatrickpublished a book in 2012 titled betrayal.