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Walsh, George William was born on January 16, 1931 in New York City. Son of William Francis and Madeline (Maass) Walsh.
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Both William O'Dwyer, the 104th mayor of New York City, and Frank Costello, prime minister of the underworld, were immigrants, and there the similarity might have ended, except for the televised Kefauver hearings on organized crime in 1951 that linked them forever. The smiling gregarious O'Dwyer, Irish to his toes, walked a policeman's beat while studying law and became the crusading district attorney who broke up Murder Inc. Cotsello, the son of Calabrian peasants, turned early to crime in the streets of East Harlem, and never turned back. He and other young hoods--Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Joe Adonis--built a national crime network that extended from numbers to narcotics, from New York to California. A part of the syndicate's fiefdom was Tammany Hall. Only Tammany could crown a mayor. William O'Dwyer profoundly wished to be mayor of New York and in 1945 his wish came true. Then wide open gambling had a hey-day--numbers, race track wire services, crooked cops, a mob-controlled Tammany hall. And in the midst of it all, a burdened O'Dwyer, unwisely trusting in Tammany and his own subordinates, much beleaguered by gossip and by fact, was driven from office. Soon after, Senator Kefauver rode in on an electronic horse, and the scandals involving the mayor and the mob became public property. George Walsh has written a very American story of two men who took different roads to the same destination, of two "Public Enemies" and the crime that was.
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Many accounts of the Civil War battles, armies, and key figures have been written over the years, but none have looked at the bloodiest war in our nation's history through the eyes of the cavalry. The horse soldiers in the Civil War are often referred to as the last of the cavaliers, men who valued their honor as much as their cause. In this sweeping saga George Walsh brings to life anew the gallant horse soldiers of the North and South, showing in dramatic detail how their raids and expeditions affected the outcome of the war and how their fortunes waxed and waned.
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Walsh, George William was born on January 16, 1931 in New York City. Son of William Francis and Madeline (Maass) Walsh.
Bachelor of Science, Fordham University, 1952; Master of Science, Columbia University School Journalism, 1953.
Copy editor, reporter, Cape Cod Standard-Times, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1955; communications specialist, International Business Machines Corporation, New York City, 1955-1958; editorial trainee, Time, Inc., 1958-1959; writer-reporter, Sports Illustrated, New York City, 1959-1962; book editor, Cosmopolitan, New York City, 1962-1965; managing editor, Cosmopolitan, 1965-1974; editor-in-chief, vice president, Ballantine Books division Random House, New York City, 1974-1979; editor-in-chief, vice president, Macmillan Public Company. New York City, 1979-1985; public consultant, since 1985.
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( Many accounts of the Civil War battles, armies, and key...)
Served with Army of the United States, 1953-1955. Member Association American Publications Clubs: University, New York City, Pamet Harbor Yacht and Tennis, Truro, Massachusetts, Cosmos, Washington.
Married Joan Mary Dunn, May 20, 1961. Children— Grail, Simon.