Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society

America"s original gangsters and the U.S. Postal detective who brought them to justice by Oldfield, William (Archivist)

Written in English

Published: 2018 Pages: 326 Downloads: 106

Subjects:

Black Hand (United States),
Organized crime,
Postal inspectors,
History

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-309) and index.

Classifications
Statement	William Oldfield and Victoria Bruce
Contributions	Bruce, Victoria, 1966- author
LC Classifications	HV6448 .O54 2018
The Physical Object
Pagination	vii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of Pages	326
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL26968367M
ISBN 10	1501171208
ISBN 10	9781501171208
OCLC/WorldCa	1033558889

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William Oldfield is an archivist and historical lecturer and lives in Annapolis, Md.; Victoria Bruce is an author and journalist and lives in Maryland.