An Irish-born writer whose work is steeped in a profound, lifelong study of History and Mythology. The author possesses an exceptional foundation in academic discipline, including postgraduate work in complex fields. Driven by an insatiable, autodidactic curiosity, their writing is the result of focused, personal research and decades spent exploring the world's most compelling narratives.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Mason of the Woods: America's First Crime BossSamuel Mason's transformation from Revolutionary War militia captain to America's first organized crime boss reveals the brutal human costs of early American nation-building. Born in 1739 Virginia, Mason served honorably during the Revolution before economic collapse and crushing debt destroyed his legitimate life in Pennsylvania, forcing him to flee westward as a fugitive. The psychological trauma of frontier warfare, combined with systemic economic failures and weak governmental institutions, pushed Mason toward systematic criminality. Operating from Cave-in-Rock and along the Natchez Trace between 1797 and 1803, he pioneered the application of military organizational principles to criminal enterprise, building a sophisticated gang that terrorized frontier commerce through river piracy and highway robbery. His theatrical violence, including signing crimes in victims' blood and scalping murder victims, established him as the frontier's most feared predator. Mason's eventual betrayal and murder by his own gang members seeking a two-thousand-dollar bounty, followed by the execution and public display of his killers' severed heads, marked a turning point in frontier justice. His story illuminates how war trauma, economic instability, and institutional weakness combined to enable organized criminality during the republic's most vulnerable period, while his family struggled for generations with the burden of inherited infamy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798232599102
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