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Sunny Skies, Shady Characters : Cops, Killers, and Corruption in the Aloha State

by Dooley
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Investigative journalism on Hawaii's organized crime.

Recommended for readers interested in true crime, investigative journalism, and Hawaiian history. Dooley's coverage of yakuza activities in Hawaii and the continental United States is groundbreaking and adds a unique element to the book. His insider perspective on the business of journalism and craft of investigative reporting is also fascinating to read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Sunny Skies, Shady Characters : Cops, Killers, and Corruption in the Aloha State

by Dooley
Regular price ₱539.55 ₱242.55 55% off
Unit price
per
ISBN: 9780824851644
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: ₱2,207.25
Authors: Dooley
Publisher: Latitude 20
Date of Publication: 2015-08-31
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics
Goodreads rating: 3.68
(rated by 87 readers)

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For thirty years starting in the mid-1970s, the byline of Jim Dooley appeared on riveting investigative stories of organized crime and political corruption that headlined the front page of Honolulu’s morning daily. In Sunny Skies, Shady Characters, James Dooley revisits highlights of his career as a hard-hitting investigative reporter for the Honolulu Advertiser and, in later years, for KITV television and the online Hawaii Reporter. His lively backstories on how he chased these high-profile scandals make fascinating reading, while providing an insider’s look at the business of journalism and the craft of investigative reporting.Dooley’s first assignment as an investigative journalist involved the city housing project of Kukui Plaza, which introduced him to the “pay to play” method of awarding government contracts to obliging consultants. In later stories, he scrutinized bloody struggles over illicit gambling revenue, the murder of a city prosecutor’s son, local syndicate ties to the Teamsters Union, and the dealings of Bishop Estate. His groundbreaking coverage of the forays by yakuza into Hawaii and the continental United States were the first of its kind in American journalism.As Dooley pursued stories from the underside of island society, names of respected public figures and those of violent criminals filled his entertainer Don Ho, U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, Governors George Ariyoshi and Ben Cayetano, Mayor Frank Fasi, and notorious felons Henry Huihui, Nappy Pulawa, and Ronnie Ching. Woven throughout is the name of Big Island rancher Larry Mehau―was he the “godfather of organized crime” in Hawaii as alleged by the FBI, or simply an ex-cop who befriended power brokers in the course of doing business for his security guard firm? The book includes a timeline of Mehau’s activities to allow readers to judge for themselves.
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Investigative journalism on Hawaii's organized crime.

Recommended for readers interested in true crime, investigative journalism, and Hawaiian history. Dooley's coverage of yakuza activities in Hawaii and the continental United States is groundbreaking and adds a unique element to the book. His insider perspective on the business of journalism and craft of investigative reporting is also fascinating to read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.