Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob

Delaney, Bob, with Scheiber, Dave

ISBN 10: 1402754434 / ISBN 13: 9781402754432

Verlag: Union Square Press, New York, NY, 2008

Beschreibung

Glued binding. Paper over boards. xi, [1], 276 p. Illustrations, black & white. Index. Foreword by Bill Walton. From WIkipedia: "Bob Delaney (born November 1, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a former police officer and professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who officiated from the 1987-88 NBA season up until the 2010-11 NBA season. Delaney is a 1973 graduate of New Jersey City University with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminology. He is a 2006 inductee into NJCU's Athletics Hall of Fame. After finishing college, Delaney joined the New Jersey State Police. During the mid-1970s, Delaney worked as an undercover officer as part of an operation known as "Project Alpha". In the early 1980s, Delaney retired as a law enforcement officer and devoted full-time to becoming a basketball referee. In 2008, Delaney wrote about his undercover experience in Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob, with co-author Dave Scheiber. He completed a Master of Arts degree in leadership from Saint Mary's College of California." Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by both authors on fep. Publishers ephenera laid in. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 69672

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob

Verlag: Union Square Press, New York, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 2008

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: First edition. First printing [stated].

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Book by Delaney Bob Scheiber Dave

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This book provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of the mob. It includes 16-page insert of rare photographs. You've seen "The Godfather", now experience the real thing!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, whilst working as a New Jersey State Trooper, Delaney was approached with a tantalising yet dangerous undercover assignment: to infiltrate the Mob. He accepted. At the height of The Godfather era, Delaney wore a wire and lived among wise-guys who modelled themselves on their on-screen counterparts, quoting lines from "The Movie" and boasting of how often they'd seen it.Delaney knew that all the while a single slip could get him killed, but he ultimately gathered enough evidence to convict 30 members of the Bruno and Genovese crime families. He struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and traces of Stockholm syndrome after getting too close to those he investigated, which he overcame with therapy. And once a college basketball star, Delaney began officiating high school 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 commentator Bill Walton.