10 books about James "Whitey" Bulger

Interested in learning more about reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger? You're in luck. Bulger has been written about often over the years. Here are 10 titles you might want to check out.

8. "Rat Bastards: The South Boston Irish Mobster Who Took the Rap When Everyone Else Ran," by John "Red" Shea

John "Red"  Shea was a drug boss for Whitey Bulger, at the age of 20 running a multi-million narcotics operation for Bulger. This book is Shea's gritty account of what it was like working with Whitey, told from the perspective of a man who brags that he – unlike Bulger – maintained the "code of silence" and didn't rat to the cops.

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