Today in History

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I’ve been tinkering a little with the Today in History box on the main entrance of the website. (So, if it starts to screw up, that’s the reason.) In case you’re wondering, the information in that box is generated by a JavaScript program that checks the current date and finds relevant historic news data and prints it onto the screen.

I have reformatted the box to display information in neat columns, and I have added the ability to occasionally find and display a photograph related to the historic news items (and a small caption). I hope that makes the Today in History box just a bit more interesting.

Bibliography update

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The Bibliography listing on the website has been updated. The Bibliography is comprised of more than 240 titles related (in some way) to the subject of organized crime history.

The purpose of the list is to acquaint visitors with a selection of reading material. The fact that a book is included in the list should not be interpreted as an endorsement by the website of any particular book or author. As in every field of study, published material crosses the spectrum from the scholarly and skeptical through the blandly factual, the journalistic, the superficial and the sensational, all the way to the irresponsible and the deceitful. Researchers are cautioned to consult reviews on the site and other sites before relying on information in any published work.

Items marked with an asterisk following their publication date may be of particular interest to historians, as they contain the first-person observations of participants in law enforcement, government or the underworld.