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The Everything Mafia Book

Author: Scott M Dietche

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-03-18

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1605507229

"Millions of television and movie viewers have shown that Americans continue to be fascinated by the remarkableùand often sordidùworld of the Mafia. This book takes you beyond fiction and tabloid accounts and relates the true-life accounts of all the major players in the American Mafia. From Al Capone to John Gotti, you will come away with a better understanding of AmericaÆs most notorious crime families. This book features colorful information on: The Sicilian Mafia The ôFirst Familyö of the American Mafia The ôrealö Untouchables The mob and politicians The five New York families Packed full of up-to-date gangster information, this guide will satisfy even the most ardent true-crime enthusiasts."

Donnie Brasco

Author: Joseph D. Pistone

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780340922651

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In 1978, the US government waged a war against organised crime. One man was left behind the lines. From 1976 until 1981, Special Agent Pistone lived undercover with the Mafia. Only able to visit his young family once every few months, Pistone - under the alias Donnie Brasco - ate, drank, partied, worked and sometimes killed with the wiseguys. He got so close that his Mafia partner, Lefty Ruggiero, asked him to officiate as best man at his wedding. Pistone's eventual testimony, in such spectacular prosecutions as 'the Pizza Connection' and 'the Mafia Commission' resulted in more than 200 indictments and 100 convictions of members of organised crime.

Casino

Author: Nicholas Pileggi

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1504041623

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The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: A “riveting . . . account of how organized crime looted the casinos they controlled” (Kirkus Reviews). Focusing on Chicago bookie Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal and his partner, Anthony Spilotro, and drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Mafia classic Wiseguy—basis for the film Goodfellas—Nicholas Pileggi reveals how the pair worked together to oversee Las Vegas casino operations for the mob. He unearths how Teamster pension funds were used to take control of the Stardust and Tropicana and how Spilotro simultaneously ran a crew of jewel thieves nicknamed the “Hole in the Wall Gang.” For years, these gangsters kept a stranglehold on Sin City’s brightly lit nightspots, skimming millions in cash for their bosses. But the elaborate scheme began to crumble when Rosenthal’s disproportionate ambitions drove him to make mistakes. Spilotro made an error of his own, falling for his partner’s wife, a troubled showgirl named Geri. It would all lead to betrayal, a wide-ranging FBI investigation, multiple convictions, and the end of the Mafia’s longstanding grip on the multibillion-dollar gaming oasis in the midst of the Nevada desert. Casino is a journey into 1970s Las Vegas and a riveting nonfiction account of the world portrayed in the Martin Scorsese film of the same name, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone. A story of adultery, murder, infighting, and revenge, this “fascinating true-crime Mob history” is a high-stakes page-turner (Booklist).

Mob Boss

Author: Jerry Capeci

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1250037433

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Reminiscent of Wiseguy, Mob Boss is a compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recounting the life and times of the first acting boss of an American Mafia family to turn government witness Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese organized crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life and the New York mob scene that he embraced for four decades. Until the day he switched sides, D'Arco lived and breathed the old-school gangster lessons he learned growing up in Brooklyn and fine-tuned on the mean streets of Little Italy. But when he learned he was marked to be whacked, D'Arco quit the mob. His defection decimated his crime family and opened a window on mob secrets going back a hundred years. After speaking with D'Arco, the authors reveal unprecedented insights, exposing shocking secrets and troublesome truths about a city where a famous pizza parlor doubled as a Mafia center for multi-million-dollar heroin deals, where hit men carried out murders dressed as women, and where kidnapping a celebrity newsman's son was deemed appropriate revenge for the father's satirical novel. Capeci and Robbins spent hundreds of hours in conversation with D'Arco, and exhausted many hours more fleshing out his stories in this riveting narrative that takes readers behind the famous witness testimony for a comprehensive look at the Mafia in New York City.

The Sinatra Club

Author: Sal Polisi

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1451643160

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An insider's account of the downfall of the New York mob profiles organized crime at the height of its influence while recounting the author's participation in several lucrative heists and relating his decision to become a federal informant.

Joe Dogs

Author: Joseph Iannuzzi

Publisher: Gallery Books

Published: 2014-04-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781476791425

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This riveting autobiography shares the bone-rattling reality of a mobster whose rise to stardom in the crime world was cut short by a savage beating from his “friends,” leading to his move for ultimate revenge of becoming an informant for the FBI. Joe Dogs is a true account of the Mafia as it has never been seen, written by an insider whose style is as authentic, brutal, and hard-edged as the world he inhabited. From the hideaways and the girls to the deals and the hits, Iannuzzi shares never before told details on the day-to-day lifestyle of a mobster. From the lush Gold Coast of Florida to the mean streets of New York, the drama of Iannuzzi’s fall from grace and the risk of collecting evidence and testifying for the FBI fills the pages of this “blood curdling account of what it is really like to work the rackets as a member of the Mafia ‘crew’” (Los Angeles Times). Joe Dogs is an unflinching memoir of an unforgettable mob career and an expose that continues to rock the underworld of organized crime, featuring details on the murder of the “Boss of Bosses” Paul Castellano, the brief rise of John Gotti, and the destabilization of the traditional Mafia family.

Mob Rules

Author: Louis Ferrante

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2015-02-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1591847729

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“It pours out spicy tales of Mob lore to make its management points, an approach most execs couldn’t refuse.” —New York Post Former mobster Louis Ferrante reveals the surprisingly effective management techniques of organized crime and explains how to apply them in any legitimate business. As an associate of the Gambino Family, he was part of some of the biggest heists in mob history. His talent for management led bosses like John Gotti to rely on him. Now he offers time-tested Mafia wisdom based on true stories, such as: • Three can keep a secret (if two are dead): Build trust with your colleagues. • You don’t always need a gun to hit a target: Lead people without force. • It’s never personal: When circumstances demand it, never hesitate to pull the trigger.