{"title":"Daniel Waugh","description":"\u003cp\u003eDANIEL WAUGH is a freelance author of true crime books set in the early twentieth century. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eBeithioch: The Life and World of a Chicago Gangster\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVinnitta: The Birth of the Detroit Mafia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOff Color: The Violent History of Detroit’s Purple Gang\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaugh has a particular interest in the history of crime in the greater St. Louis, Missouri, area, reflected in his debut book, \u003cem\u003eEgan’s Rats: The Untold Story of the Prohibition-Era Gang That Ruled St. Louis\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel lives in Detroit, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Waugh’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"egans-rats-the-untold-story-of-the-prohibition-era-gang-that-ruled-st-louis","title":"Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Prohibition-Era Gang That Ruled St. Louis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“We never shoot unless we know who is present,” gang boss Tom Egan declared in a candid interview with a leading St. Louis newspaper. Just who was this man who could boast in public about ordering murder? After nearly a century, the story of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEgan’s Rats\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e can finally be told: how a group of Victorian-era street punks mushroomed into a powerful force that controlled Missouri’s largest city for nearly thirty years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLed by two childhood pals, Thomas “Snake” Kinney and Tom Egan, the Rats emerged from the city’s Irish slums. They learned their trade the old-fashioned was, via robberies, brawls, burglaries, and shootings. When Kinney ran on the Democratic ticket in the Third Ward, his friends were at the polls to ensure he received enough votes to win. For nearly ten years, the gang cut a large swath in St. Louis, spreading fear wherever it went. With Snake Kinney elected a Missouri state senator and Tom Egan entrenched as St. Louis’s most dangerous gangster, the gang boated nearly 400 members. Nearly everyone who lived in St. Louis was touched by them in some way or another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoon the Rats became overconfident and careless, beginning with a public shooting war against a gang led by Missouri beverage inspector Edward “Jelly Roll” Hogan. When the once-fearful public grew tired of the gangs, their leadership ended up in federal prison for twenty-five years, largely on the testimony of one of their own who turned state’s evidence in fear for his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEgan’s Rats\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eprovides a fascinating glimpse into a past that wasn’t always idyllic. It was an era in which roving gangs of thugs terrorized voters with impunity, when alcohol was illegal, when a gangster could brag of his power in the newspaper, and when the tendrils of St. Louis crime reached all the way into the White House.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581825757\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581825756\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Daniel Waugh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41666689171643,"sku":"9781581825756","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781581825756_FChigh_mockup_v2_1623864542_153bf80d-02b4-49da-8e2d-054bd1fd2062.jpg?v=1790976643"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-daniel-waugh.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}