ANTECEDENTS (1596 – 1907).

Chapter 1 - Shiver Me Northern Timbers: Pirates and Privateers of Atlantic Canada.

Chapter 2 - Outlaws on the Canadian Plains: Bank Robbers, Horse Thieves, Cattle Rustlers, Smugglers, Swindlers, Whiskey Traders, and other Varmints.

PART II.

GENESIS (1908 – 1933).

Chapter 3 - The Black Hand of Death: Extortion and Violence in Canada’s Early Italian Communities.

Chapter 4 - Canadian Vice: Dope Peddlers, White Slavers, and Fantan Operators.

Chapter 5 - Speakeasy or Die: Organized Crime in the Era of Prohibition.

PART III.

ASCENDANCE (1934 – 1984).

Chapter 6 - La Cosa Nostra Comes to Canada: The Ascendancy of the Italian Mafia in North America.

Chapter 7 - Âllo Police: The Montreal Mafia and Other Crimes Organisés in Quebec.

Chapter 8 - The Undertaker, the Three Dons, the Enforcer, and Other Tales of the Mafiosi in Ontario.

PART IV.

PROLIFERATION (1985 – 2006).

Chapter 9 - Challenging the Mafia Hegemony: The Expansion, Proliferation, and Internationalization of Organized Crime.

Chapter 10 - A Strange and Terrible Canadian Saga: The Hells Angels and Other Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.

Chapter 11 - Sword of the Triad.

It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown! Asian Organized Crime in Canada.

Chapter 12 - A Different Kind of Snow: The Colombian Cartels Come North.

Chapter 13 - Return of the Italians: The Canadian Connection, Redux.

Glossary.

Photos and Illustrations.

Index.