King of the Mountain: The Life and Death of Giuliano the Bandit

by Billy Jaynes Chandler

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875801407
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	12/01/1988
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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

Editorial Reviews

By examining the development of this tank the reader gains valuable insight into tanks, armored warfare, and military/procurement. Chandler (history, Texas A&I U.) has a special interest in the history of banditry and in the development of rural societies. Here he reconstructs the life of Salvatore Giuliano (on whom Puzo's novel The Sicilian is based), detailing the man's idealism, impulsiveness, and extreme individualism in the context of social and political upheaval in wartime Sicily. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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