The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America

or, as in this case, to go along with Joe Kennedy‘s request to guarantee his son Jack’s “appointment” to the U.S. presidency.

选举交易即全书命题，plot 88。

With the Welshman Curly Humphreys as consigliere, the baton of leadership passed from the deceased Frank Nitti, leapfrogging over the imprisoned Paul Ricca, directly into the hands of Joe Accardo.

权力交接群像清，cast 87。

Once the attendees were in place, Joe Kennedy quickly got to the point: He wanted a large contribution to Jack’s campaign, and more important, the Outfit’s labor support for the election push.

饭局戏加速，pace 84。

But the momentous conference under way in the mansion at 915 Franklin Avenue would, by mutual decree of the participants, never be chronicled.

开篇句压得住，prose 86。

Be assured, this was not “The Mafia” of the East Coast gangsters, laden with elaborate ritual and internecine rivalry; nor was it “La Cosa Nostra” as described by Joe Valachi

芝加哥特殊性立住，world 93。

with his lifelong friend Murray Humphreys and two other associates, he would, after a sumptuous lasagna dinner, decide who would become the next president of the United States.

日常餐决定国运，hook 94。

Without doubt, the best organized crime in the United States is a coalition of upperworld businessmen, pliant politicians, and corrupted law enforcement officers.

翻案定义有刺，innov 90。

It is my earnest hope that this book will in some small way help awaken the sleeping giant.

公民警醒收束，ending 89。