Last Wednesday, Westwinds and the Duxbury Free Library had the pleasure of hosting Emily Sweeney to talk about her new book, Boston Organized Crime. While showing photographs unearthed from years of research in the many police departments in and around Boston, Emily interspersed tales of Boston's mob scene from years gone by. She had a very engaged and informed audience who asked many discussion provoking questions, and who, on occasion, had information about, or a connection to some of the most infamous characters in Boston's past. There was talk of crime, arrests, murder, cases solved, and of cases never solved. Boston mob crime is a subject that will always interest us because if its secretive nature and gritty glamor. Emily is an engaging young reporter, as interested in listening to her audience and making connections with them, as she is talking to them. She is currently working on a book about prohibition in Boston. Read more of Emily's work in the Globe South section of the Boston Globe, and if you have any tips, call her!
Next up for Westwinds Bookshop is a visit from the author Amor Towles, author of Rules of Civility on October 4th at 7pm at the Duxbury Free Library. Tickets are going fast- get yours at Westwinds today.
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