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Author: Larry J. Hausner Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 147665266X Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 202
Book Description
For many years, the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, ignored organized crime, as the Bureau regarded local law enforcement as best equipped to handle it. That changed when Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (in the 1960s) and New York City's Rudy Giuliani (in the 1980s) pursued eradication of the Mafia.. In this book, readers are introduced to several characters in the American Mafia, known as "rats" in the criminal world, whose cooperation with law enforcement resulted in the arrest of Mafia members across the country. Short biographies of each informant detail their crimes and deals made to stay alive or reduce lengthy prison sentences. FBI and CIA records released in 2017, and books written by the criminals themselves, reveal why previously loyal Mafia members and associates became informants. Most of the criminals written about are dead; a few are presumed to be alive and in the witness protection program.
Author: E. C. L. Knox Publisher: ISBN: 9781785072406 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 238
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The Mafia Rats is the most hotly anticipated and sensational book to hit the British shelves. Branded already a modern classic, this completely original book is like nothing you have ever read before. Intelligent, vibrant and teeming with the creatures and wildlife indigenous to Britain, this is aimed for children and adults alike and will be missed at your peril. Enjoy and suffer as the extraordinary world of amazing creatures opens before your eyes. Shy away from the millions of hideously evil, filthy, filching, fiendish Mafia rats and their fantastically corrupt Protection Racket; pity the opium-sodden Bumblebee; laugh at the monocled Toad; empathise with the gentle Squirrels and listen to the wisdom of the revered Old Owl as the evanescent emanation of the Master of Maleficium permeates the book, where life to him matters not one jot. Celebrate the Astonishing Ball (nature at its best) and witness the agonising deaths in the Terrible Battle (nature at its worst); despise the Cult of the disaffected young; admire the brave Honey Bees and sympathise with the lone '142857' - just one more Drone from the Hive. Weep for the Grand Duke Badger and his seditious book and his tragedy that strikes in the first chapter and pray for his hopes for the future of his kind, tied up in the fate of the garrulous and feckless Prince Brocco, oblivious to most things round him. Despise the Geese; learn from the Guard Rabbits; abhor the Siamese Cat and dread the might of the Soldier Ants, Soldier Beetles, Stag Beetles and the Soldier-flies. Feel for the old Tortoise, identify with the revengeful Spiders and chuckle at the poor, truncated Brandling Worm. Then fear the sinister manufacture of the deadly poisons of the Specially-Bred Mosquitoes; the smugness of the Eucalyptus Spiders and the bravery of one young Rat, whilst all the time marvel at the tenacity of Straggly the Witch, trying to fulfil her promise to the Grand Duke Badger in her quest to find Magus the Magician, the Protector of the Courts. All the creatures you can think of adorn these pages and have a part to play. The Hawks, the Bats, the Paper Wasps, the Otters, the Damsel-flies, the Cockroaches and all the sinister Cavernophiles; one Albino Rat - there is betrayal, revenge, a second betrayal, a deception, an entreaty, a humiliation and joyous celebrations. There is much here for the intellectual in the double meanings and it will be like nothing you have seen before, creatures swimming before your eyes, their world, their hopes and fears ... and their destiny ... THE MAFIA RATS - Claire Knox's first book, is set in the gardens of Buckingham Palace (where else?) and details the fearful conflict between Straggly the Witch and the malevolent Mafia Rats. The natural world of small animals and exuberant plants is illustrated by the author in ravishing line-drawings. This epic story combines the scope of Tolkein or Pullman with the whimsical wizardry of Rowling, but it has an atmosphere all its own. You may never read an adventure story, equally suitable for adults and children, as compelling as The Mafia Rats - until, maybe, you decide you must read it a second time. DAVID BENEDICTUS 2014 - playwright and author of many books including Return To Hundred Acre Wood (Winnie The Pooh) for children. Bio - Claire Knox, originally a musician (mentor Anthony Hopkins), married into the army and lived all over the world. She has lectured at Oxford University on Creative writing and, as well as writing and illustrating this book, she designs cards.
Author: Jimmy Breslin Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060856661 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 290
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He was the first to put the mafia on the page exactly as they were-before The Sopranos, before The Godfather, there was Jimmy Breslin of the New York Herald Tribune. As Breslin says, 'I hate legitimate people. They all proclaim immaculate honesty, but each day they commit the most serious of all felonies, being a bore. To whom do you care to listen, Warren Buffet, the second richest and most boring person on earth, or Burt Kaplan out of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn?' Breslin can sniff out a story like he can sniff out a rat. Characters like the Honorable Jack Weinstein, the judicial heavyweight who snapped Vincent Gigante's insanity defense in two, Sammy the Bull, the original snitch, Gaspipe Casso, named for his weapon of choice; and hangouts like Pep McGuire's, the legendary watering hole where reporters and gangsters (all hailing from the same working class neighbourhoods) rubbed elbows and traded stories, the dog-fight circles and body dumps at Ozone Park, the back room at Midnight Rose's candy store where Murder, Inc. hired and fired. But best of all, Breslin captures the moments in which the Mafia was made and broken- Breslin was there the night John Gotti celebrated his acquittal at his Ravenite Social Club on Mulberry, having bribed his way to innocence, only to incite the wrath of the FBI, who would later crush Gotti and others with the full force of the RICO laws. Woven throughout Breslin's stories is the aforementioned 'Burt Kaplan out of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn,' and star witness in the recent trial of the two New York City detectives indicted for acting as mob hit men in eight homicides. Kaplan was a former handler for the Luchese crime family who owed the law 18 years in the penitentiary, and, like all rats, he knew when to flee a sinking ship.
Author: John Wooten Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 256
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What's the lowest form of life, according to Don Vito Leone? A rat, of course. Vito Leone's only son was killed by a former Mafioso-turned-FBI-informant, resulting in Vito's long prison sentence. Today--back on the street and back in business--Don Vito refuses to give up his search for Frankie Calabrase, the rat who is responsible for the murder of his son. As Boss of the New England Mafia, the Don runs his operation out of a covert establishment called Vito's Diner which also houses an illegal gambling business in Boston's North End. Together, he and his soldiers manage the day-to day, while Vito grooms his nephew, Anthony, to one day take over the family business. Anyone who crosses Don Vito or his family quickly learns a valuable lesson: That the only good rat . . . is a dead rat.
Author: John "Red" Shea Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061907510 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
You've met the Italian mob in The Godfather, now welcome to the real-life world of Irish America's own murderous clan of organized crime The man who has remained silent for more than a decade finally speaks, revealing the gritty true story of his life inside the infamous South Boston Irish mob led by the elusive, Machiavellian kingpin Whitey Bulger, who to this day remains on the lam as one of the world's Ten Most Wanted criminals, second only to Osama bin Laden. John "Red" Shea was a top lieutenant in the South Boston Irish mob, rising to this position at the age of twenty-one. Thus began his tutelage under the notorious Irish godfather James "Whitey" Bulger. An ice-cold enforcer with a legendary red-hot temper, Shea was a legend among his Southie peers in the 1980s. From the first delivery truck he robbed at thirteen to the start of his twelve-year federal sentence for drug trafficking at twenty-seven, Shea was a portrait in American crime -- a terror, brutal and ruthlessly ambitious. Drug dealer, loan shark, money launderer, and multimillion-dollar narcotics kingpin, Shea was at the pinnacle of power -- until the feds came knocking and eventually obliterated the legendary mob in a well-orchestrated sweep of arrests, fueled by insider tips to the FBI and DEA. While Bulger's other top men turned informant to save their own hides, Shea alone kept his code of honor and his mouth shut -- loyalty that earned him a dozen years of hard time even as the man he was protecting turned out to be, himself, a rat. For in the end, in a remarkable show of betrayal, Bulger turned out to be the FBI's "main man" and top informant -- tipping off the feds for decades while still managing to operate one of the most murderous and profitable organized crime outfits of all time. In Rat Bastards, Shea brings that mysterious world and gritty urban Irish American street culture into sharp focus by telling his own story -- of his fatherless upbringing, his apprenticeship on the tough streets of Southie, and his love affair with trouble, boxing, and then the gangster life. In prose that is refreshingly honest, personal, and surprisingly tender, Shea tells his harrowing, unflinching, and unapologetic story. A man who did the crime, did the time, and held fast to the Irish code of silence, which he was raised to follow at any cost, Shea remains a man of honor and in doing so has become a living legend. One of the last of a dying breed, a true stand-up guy. Shea expects no forgiveness and makes no excuses for the life he chose. His story is intense, compelling, and in your face.
Author: Larry J. Hausner Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 147665266X Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 202
Book Description
For many years, the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, ignored organized crime, as the Bureau regarded local law enforcement as best equipped to handle it. That changed when Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (in the 1960s) and New York City's Rudy Giuliani (in the 1980s) pursued eradication of the Mafia.. In this book, readers are introduced to several characters in the American Mafia, known as "rats" in the criminal world, whose cooperation with law enforcement resulted in the arrest of Mafia members across the country. Short biographies of each informant detail their crimes and deals made to stay alive or reduce lengthy prison sentences. FBI and CIA records released in 2017, and books written by the criminals themselves, reveal why previously loyal Mafia members and associates became informants. Most of the criminals written about are dead; a few are presumed to be alive and in the witness protection program.
Author: Al Cimino Publisher: Arcturus Publishing ISBN: 1788286472 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 463
Book Description
The Mafia began on the small Mediterranean island of Sicily. It grew to become a major political force in Italy, while its tentacles penetrated every aspect of life in the United States. Through drugs, it spread its influence around the world. This is its story.
Author: Jerry Capeci Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1250037433 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 483
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“[A] fascinating new book about mafia boss Alfonso D’Arco, who became the federal government’s most successful cooperator.” —The Village Voice 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.
Author: Sandy McCutcheon Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0730493342 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 26
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In a wintry graveyard, a young man looks death in the eye and does not live to tell the secrets he holds. In Russia, the opening of a dusty archive reveals clues about a deadly game which has not yet reached its conclusion. In an isolated farmhouse, an old man is kept prisoner while his captors try to extract vital information from his rambling mind. Into this sticky web of deceit and intrigue stumbles Martin teschmaker, a newly redundant insurance investigator who has just been deserted by his wife. Seeking relief from his mid-life crisis, teschmaker contacts an old girlfriend, Jane Morris. With that one phone call he is plunged into an underworld where nothing and no one can be taken at face value. As he attempts to remove the masks, teschmaker realises the truth is more complex and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. And somehow he has to bring this deadly game to its conclusion, and survive.
Author: Christopher J. Vincent Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786451815 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 201
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This work provides a detailed account of lead character Tony Soprano's psychological journey through all episodes of all six seasons of the popular HBO show The Sopranos. Through a window of psychological interpretation and social analysis, the author examines creator David Chase's unique interweaving of modern family dynamics, organized crime, American society, and mental health. Early chapters focus on Tony's influential early life experiences and the mental stress that affects him as a result of violent criminal activity and fluctuating relationships with his wife and children. Later chapters focus on internal conflicts and behavioral symptoms and the critical role of Tony's psychiatric therapy sessions. The book's final chapters explore the Soprano family as a unified whole.
Author: Larry J. Hausner
Author: E. C. L. Knox
Author: Jimmy Breslin
Author: John Wooten
Author: John "Red" Shea
Author: Larry J. Hausner
Author: Carl Sifakis
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Author: Jerry Capeci
Author: Sandy McCutcheon
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