The Violent Years: Prohibition and The Detroit Mobs

The Violent Years, a follow-up to author Paul Kavieff's best-selling book, The Purple Gang (Barricade, 2013, available from Turnaround), is the story of Prohibition-era Detroit, a place of tremendous wealth and brutal violence. It delves deeper than ever into the Prohibition-Era gangs of the Detroit area. Numerous gangs scrambled to grab a piece of the profit to be made selling illegal liquor which resulted in gruesome gang warfare among the many European ethnic groups that were involved. Author Paul Kavieff manages to provide insight into how these crime circles flourished.