Yeah I know exactly what you’re talking about. The recreated conversations are such a put off for me in any book but this one over does it.
And I’ll be the first to admit Buddy was a legend, and without him things would have been very different, but the whole Superman aspect of it was a bit much.
Believe it or not, Buddy’s youngest son Michael wrote a book called “The Irish King of Winter Hill: The True Story of James J. "Buddy" McLean”
You can find it here; https://www.amazon.com/Irish-King-Winter-Hill-McLean/dp/1625166699/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=1REZMLBMKL5S3&keywords=buddy+mclean&qid=1648064853&sprefix=buddy+mclean%2Caps%2C50&sr=8-2
Also, a local guy named Bobby Martini wrote a book on Somerville and the whole crew called “Citizen Somerville” which was decent. I know of Bobby and was a crooked MDC cop and a first class scumbag in my book and while I did find some stories that were not true, the bulk were.
You can find that here.
Yeah I know exactly what you’re talking about. The recreated conversations are such a put off for me in any book but this one over does it.
And I’ll be the first to admit Buddy was a legend, and without him things would have been very different, but the whole Superman aspect of it was a bit much.
Believe it or not, Buddy’s youngest son Michael wrote a book called “The Irish King of Winter Hill: The True Story of James J. "Buddy" McLean”
You can find it here; https://www.amazon.com/Irish-King-Winter-Hill-McLean/dp/1625166699/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=1REZMLBMKL5S3&keywords=buddy+mclean&qid=1648064853&sprefix=buddy+mclean%2Caps%2C50&sr=8-2
Also, a local guy named Bobby Martini wrote a book on Somerville and the whole crew called “Citizen Somerville” which was decent. I know of Bobby and was a crooked MDC cop and a first class scumbag in my book and while I did find some stories that were not true, the bulk were.
You can find that here.