Borgata
rise of empire a history of the American Mafia
Book - 2024
A former mafia associate and heist expert who spent eight years in prison for not incriminating his fellow Gambino family members presents the history of the mafia's first 100 years, from Sicily in the 1860s to America in the 1960s.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2024.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Series: | Ferrante, Louis. Borgata trilogy ;
1. |
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| 250 | |a First Pegasus Books cloth edition. | ||
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| 300 | |a xv, 384 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Volume 1 of the Borgata trilogy | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-372) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Author's note -- Preface -- Introduction: 'Where'd daddy go?' -- Part one: Sicilia. The conquered conquerors ; Blood and soil ; Secret societies -- Part two: The story begins. A rose without a nose and a marquis with bloody clothes ; Illustrious corpses -- Part three: L'America. The mafia's Plymouth Rock ; Dagos did it ; Vengeance with the swiftness of a hawk ; Man is a wolf to man ; An evening in Sicily ; The mafia's Aristotle ; Give the people what they want ; They were more than brothers ; Luciano ups the stakes while Rothstein craps out ; The Atlantic City conference ; War and its opportunities ; Sic semper tyrannis! -- Part four: The building of empire. Expanding the realm--and attracting unwanted attention ; The Dutchman ; The long arm of the law ; Lepke lams it ; Hunting for treasure--and for Big Greenie ; A twisted kid ; Braciole and brisket cooked well-done ; The war effort ; King of the desert ; The Havana conference ; The Desert King dethroned -- Part five: Challenges from within and without. The mob's television debut ; The Waddler and the Whiner ; It is written ; Disorderly retreats -- Epilogue: LCN in the DNA -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index. | |
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