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Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect

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St. Louis was once a city under siege all through Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for keep watch over of the city’s illegal enterprises. Even supposing their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan’s Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang and the Shelton Gang) are familiar to many, their exploits have remained in large part undocumented until now. Learn the way an awkward gunshot wound gave the Pillow Gang its name and why Willie Russo’s atypical nighttime interview with a reporter from the St. Louis Star involved an automatic pistol and a floating hunk of cheese. From daring bank robberies to cold-blooded betrayals, Gangs of St. Louis chronicles a fierce yet juicy slice of the Gateway City’s history that rivaled anything else seen in New York or Chicago.

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