# The Mammoth Book of Hard Men

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- Book: [The Mammoth Book of Hard Men](https://www.bookquiver.com/roger-wilkes/the-mammoth-book-of-hard-men) ([The Mammoth Book of Hard Men.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/roger-wilkes/the-mammoth-book-of-hard-men.md))
- Authors: [Roger Wilkes](https://www.bookquiver.com/roger-wilkes)
- Publisher: robinson
- ISBN: 978-18-4529-302-4
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2006-09-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Enter the world of gangland crime. Some men command a respect that few others, even in this violent underworld, can equal. They live by a strict code and to them violence is simply an accepted part of their profession. Here is the fullest ever collection of 'hard man' accounts: over 30 true stories of men living on the very edge of what is 'normal' to the rest of us - the merciless streets of Mafia, Triads, Yardies, Yakuza, Hell's Angels and Chinese Tongs. They are the faces behind a dozen urban myths, and bywords for toughness. People you just don't want to mess with. Including both recent gangsters and notorious earlier Mafia-age predecessors - from Ned Kelly, Dillinger, Capone and the Krays, to Mad Frank, Lenny 'The Guv'nor' McLean and Sonny Barger - this is the ultimate collection for anyone interested in violent true crime, how 'real' criminals think, and the darker elements of society.