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Hank Messick

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in Happy Valley, NC, The United States

August 08, 1922

Died

November 06, 1999

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Henry “Hank” Messick was born on August 8, 1922 in Happy Valley, NC, and died on November 6, 1999 in Cocoa, FL. He received a master's degree from the University of Iowa and taught journalism at Colorado A & M College, and then became a reporter for the weekly The Waynesville Mountaineer in North Carolina. Messick authored 19 books primarily about organized crime and law enforcement. His first book The Silent Syndicate was released in 1967. Messick’s investigative reporting incurred the wrath of powerful enemies, and he often was alternatively threatened and offered bribes to stop writing. In efforts to silence Messick he even was indicted on a phony charge and assaulted by a dirty cop. In later years the writer suffered from autoimmune dis ...more

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	Syndicate Wife: The Story Of Ann Drahmann Coppola 3.71 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1968 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lansky 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1971 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mobs and the Mafia: The Illustrated History of Organized Crime 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1972 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King's Mountain: The epic of the Blue Ridge "mountain men" in the American Revolution 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Razzle Dazzle 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silent Syndicate 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Syndicate in the Sun 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Edgar Hoover: An Inquiry into the Life and Times of John Edgar Hoover and his Relationship to the Continuing Partnership of Crime, Business and Politics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desert Sanctuary 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Grass and Snow: The Secret Criminal Elite 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The gangster did not really become popular as a subject for films until a combination of technical and economic events conspired to bring the real-life gangster into the boardrooms of motion-picture companies as a silent partner.”
― Hank Messick, The mob in show business

tags: hollywood, organized-crime

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