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I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the Last ... Hoffa

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The print in this book is large as advertised.This hard cover has a good,sturdy binding.
It's a smooth flowing read.Sheeran's words are in quotations while Brandt's words are in bold type.
The Prologue in this book lays the groundwork for how Frank Sheeran eventually came to confess his involvement in the Hoffa disappearance.
He explains why there would be no body to recover and how trusted people close to Jimmy Hoffa had to be involved.

The information in this book verifies information in other mafia related books that I have read.
Some examples:
Hoffa's claim to possess audio sex tapes involving Bobby Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.
Joe Kennedy recruiting Sam Giancana to steal the 1960 Presidential election.
Multiple mafia figures and their involvment in the assassination of John F Kennedy.

A lot of the organised crime figures in this book are mentioned in most JFK assassination books.
It's interesting that Frank Sheeran claimed that he deilvered three rifles to David Ferrie in Baltimore shortly before the assassination.

Jimmy Hoffa strenuously opposed the mafia's aiding Kennedy in the election.He was right in the end.

The Nixon administration's corruption was detailed.

One of the bigger contributing factors in Jimmy Hoffa's murder was the access to Teamster funds.Hoffa apparently was not as lenient as Frank Fitzsimmons in collecting debts.

This book is believable to me.Each individual reader will have to assess for themselves whether this book is credible.
It's one of the best mafia related books that I have read so far.

This book takes you through the union wars of Jimmy Hoffa. It also covers Hoffa's death, as well as Crazy Joe Gallo's death with enough evidence to convince you that Frank Sheeran was atleast in the know, if not the shooter. I'm always skeptical of guys pumping themselves up in these books, but this guy convinced me. Just a fantasic read!!!!

"This fascinating account of a dark side of American history takes its title from the first words Jimmy Hoffa spoke to Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran.
To paint a house is to kill a man.
The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors.
Sheeran lived a long, violent, passionate life.
As a boy, he took on older kids in bar fights to win beers for his dad.
As a highly decorated infantryman during World War II, he showed a willingness to "follow orders" during 411 days of active combat,
As a hustler and hit man for crime boss Russell Bufalino, he was one of only two non-Italians on the FBI's La Cosa Nostra list.
Made head of the Teamsters local by his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, he was later a leading suspect in Hoffa's disappearance.
Sheeran died in December 2003.
NOW HIS STORY CAN BE TOLD."
[from the book of the back cover]

This is the guy who kiled Hoffa and the author lets him spak int he 1st person and adds narrative to it along the way. At first, I was going to put this book down, but I kept going and found it to be an excelent account of life during those times. Some very nasty people accounted here.