HOFFA'S MAN. The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa as Witnessed by His Strongest Arm.

Hardback, 1st US edn. Joe Franco was Jimmy Hoffa's man: loyal, dependable, and willing to bend rules or break heads if it meant advancing the Teamsters union in the name of James R. Hoffa. Franco never questiond an order, he just carried it out. And Hoffa never questioned how an order was carried out. In this story of power abused, Richard Hammer documents the rise and fall of Jimmy hoffa as witnessed by Joe Franco, one of his most trusted lieutenants. There is violence, corruption, bribery, extortion, and betrayal. There are names : Bobby Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, and dozens of other political and show business bigwigs enmeshed in this story of greed, immorality and total defiance of the law. On July 30, 1975, Franco watched Hoffa climb into a limousine in a suburban shopping centre. He knew why Hoffa was doing it. It was the last time Hoffa would be seen alive. Franco's chilling revelations are at once an appalling comment on the labour movement and a searing indictment of those who found the taste of power even sweeter when laced with blood. Illus., Index. 332pp. 8vo. h/back. With tiny rubber stamp on lower edges o/w covers F. in vg+ dw.