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Murder Victims Related to the Lufthansa Heist - Lucchese Crime Family Heist, the Vario Crew, James Burke, Thomas Desimone, Lufthansa Heist, Henry Hill, (Paperback)
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Murder Victims Related to the Lufthansa Heist - Lucchese Crime Family Heist, the Vario Crew, James Burke, Thomas Desimone, Lufthansa Heist, Henry Hill, (Paperback)
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Loot Price R356
Discovery Miles 3 560
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Pages: 34. Chapters: Lucchese crime family heist, The Vario Crew,
James Burke, Thomas DeSimone, Lufthansa heist, Henry Hill, Martin
Krugman, Louis Cafora, Paul Vario, Louis Werner, Angelo Sepe,
Alphonse D'Arco, Parnell Edwards, Tony Rodriguez, Frank James
Burke, Peter Gruenwald, Pierre Hotel Robbery, Clyde Brooks, Paolo
LiCastri, Frank Manzo, Theresa Ferrara, Air France Robbery,
Domenico Cutaia, Robert's Lounge, John Baudanza. Excerpt: James
Burke, also known as Jimmy the Gent, and The Big Irishman (July 5,
1931 - April 13, 1996), was an Irish-American gangster and Lucchese
crime family associate who is believed to have organized the
Lufthansa heist in 1978 and also believed to have orchestrated the
murder of (or murdered) many of those involved in the months
following. He is the father of small-time mobster and Lufthansa
heist suspect, Frankie Burke, Jesse James Burke, Catherine Burke
and another unidentified daughter. Catherine married Bonanno crime
family member Anthony Indelicato in 1992. Jimmy Conway, a character
in the film Goodfellas played by Robert De Niro, is based on Burke.
Jimmy Burke was born in New York. His mother, Mary Conway, was
originally from Dublin. The father of James has never been
identified. At age two he was placed in a foster home by his
mother, where he spent most of his early years in a Roman Catholic
orphanage run by nuns, never to see his birth parents again. He was
shuttled around various homes and orphanages, where he suffered
physical abuse and sexual abuse at the hands of various foster
fathers and foster brothers. When he was 13 years old, Burke's
foster father died in a car crash-he lost control of the car when
he turned around to hit Burke, who was riding in the back seat. The
deceased man's widow, who was in the car as well but survived,
blamed Burke for the accident and gave him regular...
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University-Press.Org
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2013 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
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Source Wikipedia
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
36 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-230-51113-9 |
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Books
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LSN: |
1-230-51113-X |
Barcode: |
9781230511139 |
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