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During his brief, violent, romantic career in the 1940s, bandit chief Salvatore Giuliano entranced the common folk of Sicily, fascinated the world''s journalists, and exasperated the authorities who sought to apprehend him. At last his story is told accurately and compassionately.



Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface
1 The Beginning of the Legend
2 The Struggle for Power in Giuliano's Sicily
3 Colonel Giuliano
4 Political Boss and Enterprising Kidnapper
5 Portella della Ginestra
6 The Slaying of a Mafia Boss
7 A Mother's Last Visit
8 Bellolampo!
9 Colonel Ugo Luca
10 Castelvetrano—July 5, 1950
11 Viterbo
12 The Meaning of It
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

King of the Mountain

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      Publisher MB - Cornell University Press
      Published 12 January 1988
      ISBN-13 9780875801407
      978-0875801407
      ISBN-10 0875801404

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      During his brief, violent, romantic career in the 1940s, bandit chief Salvatore Giuliano entranced the common folk of Sicily, fascinated the world''s journalists, and exasperated the authorities who sought to apprehend him. At last his story is told accurately and compassionately.



      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      1 The Beginning of the Legend
      2 The Struggle for Power in Giuliano's Sicily
      3 Colonel Giuliano
      4 Political Boss and Enterprising Kidnapper
      5 Portella della Ginestra
      6 The Slaying of a Mafia Boss
      7 A Mother's Last Visit
      8 Bellolampo!
      9 Colonel Ugo Luca
      10 Castelvetrano—July 5, 1950
      11 Viterbo
      12 The Meaning of It
      Appendix
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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