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Item specifics
- Condition
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Type
- Autobiography
- Personalized
- Yes
- Signed
- Yes
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781402754432
- EAN
- 9781402754432
- Book Title
- Covert : My Years Infiltrating the Mob
- Publisher
- Union Square Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- True Crime, Social Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, General, Organized Crime, Criminology
- Item Weight
- 20.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Union Square Press
ISBN-10
1402754434
ISBN-13
9781402754432
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61632878
Product Key Features
Book Title
Covert : My Years Infiltrating the Mob
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Sociology / General, General, Organized Crime, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-042585
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
364.1/06092 B
Synopsis
Featured on NPR and CNNIn a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Bob Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before becoming one of professional basketball s most respected referees. In 1975, Delaney had spent only a year and a half as a New Jersey State Trooper when his superiors approached him with a tantalizing yet dangerous undercover assignment: to infiltrate the Mob. Delaney accepted, and became Bobby Covert, the president of Alamo Trucking, a fully-operational business used by law enforcement as flypaper for snagging crooks. At the height of "The Godfather" era, Delaney wore a wire and lived among wiseguys who modeled themselves on their on-screen counterparts, quoting lines from The Movie and boasting of how often they d seen it. Delaney even crossed paths with Joe Pistone, the real-life Donnie Brasco (though neither knew the other was undercover), knowing all the while that a single slip could get him killed.Ultimately gathering enough evidence to convict 30 members of the Bruno and Genovese crime families, Project Alpha was a success, but Delaney struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and traces of Stockholm syndrome after getting too close to those he investigated. Therapy helped him come to terms with all he d endured during his three tense years undercover, and, once a college basketball star, Delaney began officiating high school and intramural games as a way to rebuild his lifeeventually working his way up to the NBA, where he has been a referee for more than two decades. ", In a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Bob Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before becoming one of professional basketball's most respected referees. In 1975, Delaney had spent only a year and a half as a New Jersey State Trooper when his superiors approached him with a tantalizing yet dangerous undercover assignment: to infiltrate the Mob. Delaney accepted, and became Bobby Covert, the president of Alamo Trucking, a fully-operational business used by law enforcement as flypaper for snagging crooks. At the height of "The Godfather" era, Delaney wore a wire and lived among wiseguys who modeled themselves on their on-screen counterparts, quoting lines from "The Movie" and boasting of how often they'd seen it. Delaney even crossed paths with Joe Pistone, the real-life Donnie Brasco (though neither knew the other was undercover), knowing all the while that a single slip could get him killed. Ultimately gathering enough evidence to convict 30 members of the Bruno and Genovese crime families, Project Alpha was a success, but Delaney struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and traces of Stockholm syndrome after getting too close to those he investigated. Therapy helped him come to terms with all he'd endured during his three tense years undercover, and, once a college basketball star, Delaney began officiating high school and intramural games as a way to rebuild his life--eventually working his way up to the NBA, where he has been a referee for more than two decades. This is his amazing true story, with a foreword by NBA great and current TV commentator Bill Walton., In a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before becoming one of professional basketballs most respected referees. 16-page b&w photo insert., Featured on NPR and CNN In a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Bob Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before becoming one of professional basketball's most respected referees. In 1975, Delaney had spent only a year and a half as a New Jersey State Trooper when his superiors approached him with a tantalizing yet dangerous undercover assignment: to infiltrate the Mob. Delaney accepted, and became Bobby Covert, the president of Alamo Trucking, a fully-operational business used by law enforcement as flypaper for snagging crooks. At the height of The Godfather era, Delaney wore a wire and lived among wiseguys who modeled themselves on their on-screen counterparts, quoting lines from "The Movie" and boasting of how often they'd seen it. Delaney even crossed paths with Joe Pistone, the real-life Donnie Brasco (though neither knew the other was undercover), knowing all the while that a single slip could get him killed. Ultimately gathering enough evidence to convict 30 members of the Bruno and Genovese crime families, Project Alpha was a success, but Delaney struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and traces of Stockholm syndrome after getting too close to those he investigated. Therapy helped him come to terms with all he'd endured during his three tense years undercover, and, once a college basketball star, Delaney began officiating high school and intramural games as a way to rebuild his life--eventually working his way up to the NBA, where he has been a referee for more than two decades.
LC Classification Number
HV8079.O73D45 2008
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- h***h (1101)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGood packaging, fast shipping, book was in even better condition than described. You can trust and you should buy! Like, right now.
- .***y (44)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseJust as posted. Thank you so much!
- n***n (349)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseGreat packaging. Fast shipping.Civil Engineering Technicians' Ready-Reference Manual Hardcover – 1985 (#262768619647)