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Deep Water:
Joseph P. Macheca and the
Birth of the American Mafia
A historical biography of the notorious 19th Century New Orleans gang boss and a probing look at the political and social forces that helped the Mafia take root in the New World.
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Hardcover
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The Case Against Lucky Luciano
A detailed analysis of the spectacular vice trial that finally put Luciano behind bars.
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The Mafia and the Machine
The alliance between organized crime and politics was never stronger than it was in Kansas City.
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Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business
Joe Pistone reveals untold details of his undercover operation and tells of Brasco's impact on the American Mafia
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Donnie Brasco
Special Edition
DVD (1997)
Movie based upon FBI agent Joe Pistone's infiltration of the Bonanno Crime Family.
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The Last Godfather
Crittle tells the story of ruthless Bonanno boss Joey Massino and of the end of an era in organized crime.
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The Complete Public Enemy Almanac
New information on the infamous outlaws of the gangster era.
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Mafia
(Narcotics Bureau)
Hundreds of single-page Mafia bios assembled by U.S. investigators.
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Mob Nemesis
Mob-combatting memoirs of former FBI Special Agent Joe Griffin.
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Cleveland Mafia
Rick Porello chronicles the rise and fall of Cleveland's crime family.
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Mafia Dynasty
John H. Davis tracks New York's Gambino family from old world to new.
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Accardo
William Roemer, an authority on Chicago crime, provided this look at Accardo and his times.
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Mobsters, Unions and Feds
Author James Jacobs looks at mob infiltration of the labor movement.
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The Gangs of NY
The colorful account of pre-Prohibition gangsterdom in the Big Apple. Inspired the movie.
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Rebels & Mafiosi
James Fentress links Sicilian Mafia growth with political/social changes on the island.
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Gangster City
Documents the rise of organized crime in New York and underworld activity during the Prohibition Era.
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Man of Honor
Autobiography of Sicilian mob boss Joseph Bonanno. An insider's look at the Mafia's ruling Commission.
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American Mafia
Thomas Repetto's comprehensive look at the rise of the Sicilian-Italian gangs. Super job with a very broad topic.
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Bringing Down the Mob
Repetto turns his attention to the successful law enforcement fight against the Mafia.
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Cosa Nostra
Author John Dickie tracks the Sicilian underworld from 1860 to its current incarnations in Sicily and the United States.
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Sharks in
the Desert
From Benjamin Siegel and Meyer Lansky to the current kings of Vegas.
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The Violent Years: Prohibition and the Detroit Mobs
Paul Kavieff looks at the various ethnic gangs that came to power during Prohibition.
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Paddy
Whacked
T.J. English looks at the impact of Irish immigrants on American organized crime.
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Organized Crime: An Inside Guide to the World's Most Successful Industry
Paul Lundle provides a global view of the phenomenon of gangsterism.
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Double Cross
The underworld career of Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana - including his role in the JFK assassination - is chronicled by his brother and nephew.
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Five Points
Looks at the history of the financially impoverished but culturally rich Lower East Side neighborhood, incubator for the American mob.
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Five Families
Former NY Times reporter Selwyn Raab tells the history of the New York mob.
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Boss of Bosses
FBI agents describe the surveillance operation that triggered the downfall of Paul Castellano.
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Blood and Honor
George Anastasia probes into the violent Philadelphia-Atlantic City gang of Nicky Scarfo.
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