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"  Today&amp;#039;s book review is from WomansDay.com Senior Associate Editor Meghan Ahearn. She read Paddy Whacked by T.J. English :   Irish-American history buffs will love this comprehensive non-fiction book that tells &amp;quot;The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster.&amp;quot; From the famine years, when Irish immigrants were arriving in the United States by the boatloads, until the early-2000s, when the last king of Southie went into hiding, English tells the gripping tale of the Irish underworld in cities like New York, Boston, Chicago and New Orleans. Covering all the bases, including the early immigrant experience when &amp;quot;No Irish Need Apply&amp;quot; was the norm, the mobster hey-day otherwise known as Prohibition and how La Costra Nostra finally became the exalted American gangster experience, this fascinating book is steeped in the blood, sweat and tears of a fiercely loyal, political-minded people who strove to take care of their own no matter what the cost.  \u2014Meghan Ahearn     We&amp;#039;d love to hear about what you&amp;#039;re reading, too. Send your reviews to LitFix@womansday.com and we&amp;#039;ll post them right here on the blog. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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