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Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia
by Edward Humes
dark
informative
medium-paced
This book discusses the murders of Vincent and Margaret Sherry. Vincent Sherry was employed as a circuit court judge and as a criminal defense attorney. He was also a conservative Democrat. His wife was a Republican, which is a very strange combination of people to be married and live together when their political views are so opposite, but that is not my business. Vincent had defended members associated with the Dixie Mafia several times in his capacity as a criminal defense attorney, including the "Godfather" of the Dixie Mafia. Interestingly, police believed that this was a professional hit, and thought someone from the Dixie Mafia was involved.
Dixie Mafia is one of the dumbest names for a group of people that I have ever read in my life. Of all the words in the English Language, that is the combination we are going with. (Stuff like this really does not help the perception of Southern people in general. I used to get really offended when people talked about the ignorance of Southern people, but they were very clearly onto something. As an adult who was educated in the South, it is very lacking. I am glad that I attended college elsewhere that had a higher standard of education.) I have digressed. The Dixie Mafia (insert eye roll) is a organized crime group located primarily in Biloxi, Mississippi. This group was apparently formed in the 1960's, and is still active today in some capacities. The group is made up of, you guessed it, White Southern men. They are into a lot of illegal activities, such as murder, arson, gambling, prostitution, and extortion.
It took quite a while to unravel all of the connections between Vincent and Margaret Sherry and the Dixie Mafia and get to the reason behind the murders. I happened to find this book at the library the other day and picked it up, even though it is not on my selected books for the month of June. I have been busy trying to get all of these books completed, so I suppose it is lucky that I suffer from insomnia. At any rate, this book was written like a mystery thriller, but with actual facts about an actual case. I thought it was pretty captivating, and I am glad that I picked it up. This is an older case, but I had never heard of it prior to finding this book.
Dixie Mafia is one of the dumbest names for a group of people that I have ever read in my life. Of all the words in the English Language, that is the combination we are going with. (Stuff like this really does not help the perception of Southern people in general. I used to get really offended when people talked about the ignorance of Southern people, but they were very clearly onto something. As an adult who was educated in the South, it is very lacking. I am glad that I attended college elsewhere that had a higher standard of education.) I have digressed. The Dixie Mafia (insert eye roll) is a organized crime group located primarily in Biloxi, Mississippi. This group was apparently formed in the 1960's, and is still active today in some capacities. The group is made up of, you guessed it, White Southern men. They are into a lot of illegal activities, such as murder, arson, gambling, prostitution, and extortion.
It took quite a while to unravel all of the connections between Vincent and Margaret Sherry and the Dixie Mafia and get to the reason behind the murders. I happened to find this book at the library the other day and picked it up, even though it is not on my selected books for the month of June. I have been busy trying to get all of these books completed, so I suppose it is lucky that I suffer from insomnia. At any rate, this book was written like a mystery thriller, but with actual facts about an actual case. I thought it was pretty captivating, and I am glad that I picked it up. This is an older case, but I had never heard of it prior to finding this book.