Rocco Racco (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rocco Racco (died 1909) was a Calabrian born mafioso, who immigrated to the United States and settled in the Pennsylvania area in the 1890s. Racco was known as an early American Black Hand leader, extorting fellow Italian immigrants through the use of anonymous letters, which were covered in cryptic images such as black hand prints, skulls and daggers, and threatened the recipient, and in most cases his family with death if the extortion payment requested was denied. Racco and an associate were responsible for the 1906 murder of a Pennsylvania Game Warden.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rocco Racco (died 1909) was a Calabrian born mafioso, who immigrated to the United States and settled in the Pennsylvania area in the 1890s. Racco was known as an early American Black Hand leader, extorting fellow Italian immigrants through the use of anonymous letters, which were covered in cryptic images such as black hand prints, skulls and daggers, and threatened the recipient, and in most cases his family with death if the extortion payment requested was denied. Racco and an associate were responsible for the 1906 murder of a Pennsylvania Game Warden.

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Imprint

Betascript Publishing

Country of origin

Germany

Release date

May 2011

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First published

May 2011

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

140

ISBN-13

978-6136117966

Barcode

9786136117966

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6136117967



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