Title:
The mob and the city : the hidden history of how the mafia captured New York / by C. Alexander Hortis.
ISBN:
9781616149239
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2014.
Physical Description:
382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Foreword / by Dr. James B. Jacobs -- Introduction: the godfather vs. New York history -- A city built for the mob -- Prohibition and the rise of the Sicilians -- The mafia rebellion of 1928-31 and the fall of the boss of bosses -- The racketeer cometh : how the mob infiltrated labor unions -- The mafia and the drug trade -- The mob nightlife -- The lives of wiseguys -- Mouthpieces for the mob : crooked cops, mob lawyers, and prosecutors -- The assassinations of 1957 -- Apalachin -- Conclusion: New York's mafia -- Acknowledgments -- Select bibliography -- Notes.
OCLC Number:
ocn855905227
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
