The Mad Ones

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Publisher : Weinstein Books
ISBN 13 : 9781602861244
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (612 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mad Ones by : Tom Folsom

Download or read book The Mad Ones written by Tom Folsom and published by Weinstein Books. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mad Ones chronicles the rise and fall of the Gallo brothers, a trio of reckless young gangsters whose revolution against New York City’s Mafia was inspired by Crazy Joe Gallo’s forays into Greenwich Village counterculture. Crazy Joe, Kid Blast, and Larry Gallo are steeped in legend, from Bob Dylan’s eleven-minute ballad “Joey” to fictionalizations central to The Godfather trilogy and Jimmy Breslin’s The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. Called the toughest gang in the city by the NYPD, the Gallos hailed from the rough Red Hook neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront. As low-level Mafiosi, they were expected to serve their don quietly, but the brothers stood apart from typical gangsters with their hip style, fierce ambition, and Crazy Joe’s manic idealism. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of the Gallos’ war against the powerful Cosa Nostra, an epic crime saga that culminates in Crazy Joe’s murder on the streets of Little Italy, where he was gunned down mid-bite into a forkful of spaghetti in 1972. The Mad Ones is a wildly satisfying entertainment and a significant work of cultural history.

Crazy Joe Gallo

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548276812
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (768 download)

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Book Synopsis Crazy Joe Gallo by : Joe Bruno

Download or read book Crazy Joe Gallo written by Joe Bruno and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crazy Joe Gallo - The Mafia's Greatest Hits - Volume Two" will present you with the possibilities and the factors that ultimately led to Crazy Joe's brutal death.

The President Street Boys

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Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1496705483
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Book Synopsis The President Street Boys by : Frank Dimatteo

Download or read book The President Street Boys written by Frank Dimatteo and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true crime memoir of 1950s Brooklyn shares a revealing look at life inside the Mafia at the height of its power. Frank Dimatteo was born into a family of mob hitmen. His father and godfather were shooters and bodyguards for infamous Mafia legends the Gallo brothers. His uncle was a capo in the Genovese crime family and bodyguard to Frank Costello. With family connections like those, Frank knew everybody in the neighborhood—and they knew him. After dropping out of high school, Frank lived gangster-style with the boys on President Street. In this lively memoir, Frank tells it like it really was growing up in the mob. He shares wild stories about everyone from the old-school Mafia dons and infamous “five families” to the new-breed “independents” who didn’t answer to nobody. He had a front row seat as the Gallo gang waged war against wiseguys with more power, more money, and more guns. And he reveals the shocking deathbed confessions that will blow the lid off the sordid deeds, stunning betrayals, and all-too-secret history of the American Mafia. The President Street Boys was originally self-published as Lion in the Basement.

Second Thief, Best Thief

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Publisher : GET NJ
ISBN 13 : 9780977760015
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis Second Thief, Best Thief by : Anthony Olszewski

Download or read book Second Thief, Best Thief written by Anthony Olszewski and published by GET NJ. This book was released on 2006 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

"I Heard You Paint Houses"

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Publisher : Steerforth
ISBN 13 : 1586421557
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis "I Heard You Paint Houses" by : Charles Brandt

Download or read book "I Heard You Paint Houses" written by Charles Brandt and published by Steerforth. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Heard You Paint Houses" will soon be a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese. The working title for the movie is "The Irishman". The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint houses." To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually he would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only two non-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, he did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself. Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes new information on other famous murders including those of Joey Gallo and JFK, and provides rare insight to a chapter in American history. Charles Brandt has written a page-turner that has become a true crime classic.

The Mad Ones

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Publisher : Weinstein Books
ISBN 13 : 160286103X
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mad Ones by : Tom Folsom

Download or read book The Mad Ones written by Tom Folsom and published by Weinstein Books. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mad Ones chronicles the rise and fall of the Gallo brothers, a trio of reckless young gangsters whose revolution against New York City’s Mafia was inspired by Crazy Joe Gallo’s forays into Greenwich Village counterculture. Crazy Joe, Kid Blast, and Larry Gallo are steeped in legend, from Bob Dylan’s eleven-minute ballad “Joey” to fictionalizations central to The Godfather trilogy and Jimmy Breslin’s The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. Called the toughest gang in the city by the NYPD, the Gallos hailed from the rough Red Hook neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront. As low-level Mafiosi, they were expected to serve their don quietly, but the brothers stood apart from typical gangsters with their hip style, fierce ambition, and Crazy Joe’s manic idealism. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of the Gallos’ war against the powerful Cosa Nostra, an epic crime saga that culminates in Crazy Joe’s murder on the streets of Little Italy, where he was gunned down mid-bite into a forkful of spaghetti in 1972. The Mad Ones is a wildly satisfying entertainment and a significant work of cultural history.

New York City Gangland

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439638713
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Book Synopsis New York City Gangland by : Arthur Nash

Download or read book New York City Gangland written by Arthur Nash and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the United States, there is no single major metropolitan area more closely connected to organized crime than New York City. With the federal prohibition on alcohol in 1920, Gotham's shadowy underworld began evolving from strictly regional and often rag-tag street gangs into a sophisticated worldwide syndicate that was--like the chocolate egg crème--incubated within the confines of its five boroughs. New York City Gangland offers an unparalleled collection of rarely circulated images, many appearing courtesy of exclusive law enforcement sources, in addition to the private albums of notorious racketeering figures such as Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Al "Scarface" Capone, Joe "The Boss" Masseria, "Crazy" Joe Gallo, and John Gotti.

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453245340
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Book Synopsis The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight by : Jimmy Breslin

Download or read book The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight written by Jimmy Breslin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller: A novel of a messy mob war in Brooklyn that “makes you laugh out loud” (Chicago Sun-Times). Kid Sally Palumbo has been a loyal servant to the Brooklyn Mafia for years. His specialty is murder, and he is so skilled at it that he has gotten the attention of Mafia boss Papa Baccala. But unfortunately for Kid Sally, murder pays poorly. He wants to make real dough, to get respect, and to be able to tell his colleagues where to sit when they eat dinner. In short, he wants to be boss. The job would be his for the taking—if only Kid Sally weren’t a Grade A moron. To keep Sally from stirring up trouble, Baccala tosses him an easy assignment: Organize a bicycle race through Brooklyn, and keep the profits. Kid Sally bungles it, setting off a turf war that quickly engulfs the borough. The dimwitted mobsters are masters in the art of murder, and they are about to put on a show. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

JOEY

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis JOEY by : DONALD GODDARD

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Carmine the Snake

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Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 080653883X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis Carmine the Snake by : Frank Dimatteo

Download or read book Carmine the Snake written by Frank Dimatteo and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true crime biography by a Mafia insider chronicles the hair-raising life of the notorious Colombo crime family boss. In the golden age of organized crime, Carmine “The Snake” Persico was the King of the Streets. The defacto boss of the Colombo Mafia family since the 1970s, he oversaw major rackets and legendary gang wars. Suspected of committing scores of murders and ordering hundreds more, he was sentenced to 139 years in federal prison. Yet even behind bars he continued to exert power over a vast criminal empire with the help of his brother, Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico. In this blistering street-level account, “Mafia survivor” Frank Dimatteo teams up with veteran true-crime author Michael Benson to reveal the inside story of Carmine’s criminal career. Growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn, Carmine got an early start as the leader of the fearsome Garfield Boys. He was recruited into the Profaci and Colombo crime families before his bloody betrayal of the Gallo brothers. This volume captures all the drama of Carmine’s infamous exploits—including his role in the ambush-slaying of Albert Anastasia—and the many courtroom trials where witnesses against him came down with sudden cases of amnesia.

Inside the Apple

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416593934
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Inside the Apple by : Michelle Nevius

Download or read book Inside the Apple written by Michelle Nevius and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York's fascinating past. This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical walking tour know-how. Fast-paced but thorough, its bite-size chapters each focus on an event, person, or place of historical significance. Rich in anecdotes and illustrations, it whisks readers from colonial New Amsterdam through Manhattan's past, right up to post-9/11 New York. The book also works as a historical walking-tour guide, with 14 self-guided tours, maps, and step-by-step directions. Easy to carry with you as you explore the city, Inside the Apple allows you to visit the site of every story it tells. This energetic, wide-ranging, and often humorous book covers New York's most important historical moments, but is always anchored in the city of today.

Three Balconies

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Publisher : Biblioasis
ISBN 13 : 1926845366
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis Three Balconies by : Bruce Jay Friedman

Download or read book Three Balconies written by Bruce Jay Friedman and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Balconies brings together 17 new stories by the celebrated humorist, vintage Friedman all. In sumptuously simple language, the language of the street, the bar, the store, the office, Friedman gives us a collection of moral fables that explores friendship and faith and failure unswervingly, yet with compassion and, as always, tremendous humour.

Mob Lawyer

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Publisher : Scribner Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Mob Lawyer by : Frank Ragano

Download or read book Mob Lawyer written by Frank Ragano and published by Scribner Book Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragano worked as a lawyer for various mob bosses for thirty years.

Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786469765
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 by : Roberto Curti

Download or read book Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 written by Roberto Curti and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970s Italy, after the decline of the Spaghetti Western, crime films became the most popular, profitable and controversial genre. In a country plagued with violence, political tensions and armed struggle, these films managed to capture the anxiety and anger of the times in their tales of tough cops, ruthless criminals and urban paranoia. Recent years have seen renewed critical interest in the genre, thanks in part to such illustrious fans as Quentin Tarantino. This book examines all of the 220+ crime films produced in Italy between 1968 and 1980, the period when the genre first appeared and grew to its peak. Entries include a complete cast and crew list, home video releases, a plot summary and the author's own analysis. Excerpts from a variety of sources are included: academic texts, contemporary reviews, and interviews with filmmakers, scriptwriters and actors. There are many onset stills and film posters.

My Favorite Thing is Monsters

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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606999591
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis My Favorite Thing is Monsters by : Emil Ferris

Download or read book My Favorite Thing is Monsters written by Emil Ferris and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.

Hollywood Godfather

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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250181399
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Hollywood Godfather by : Gianni Russo

Download or read book Hollywood Godfather written by Gianni Russo and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood Godfather is Gianni Russo's over-the-top memoir of a real-life mobster-turned-actor who helped make The Godfather a reality, and his story of life on the edge between danger and glamour. Gianni Russo was a handsome 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny—played by James Caan—up for a hit. Russo didn't have to act—he knew the mob inside and out: from his childhood in Little Italy, where Mafia legend Frank Costello took him under his wing, to acting as a messenger for New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello during the Kennedy assassination, to having to go on the lam after shooting and killing a member of the Colombian drug cartel in his Vegas club. Along the way, Russo befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from The Godfather. Russo had passionate affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, and scores of other celebrities. He went on to become a producer and starred in The Godfather: Parts I and II, Seabiscuit, Any Given Sunday and Rush Hour 2, among many other films. Hollywood Godfather is a no-holds-barred account of a life filled with violence, glamour, sex—and fun.

Big Apple Gangsters

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538134055
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis Big Apple Gangsters by : Jeffrey Sussman

Download or read book Big Apple Gangsters written by Jeffrey Sussman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great founding figures of organized crime in the 20th century were born and bred in New York City, and the city was the basis of their operations. Beginning with Prohibition and going on through many illegal activities the mob became a major force and its tentacles reached into virtually every enterprise, whether legal or illegal: gambling, boxing, labor racketeering, stock fraud, illegal unions, prostitution, food service, garment manufacturing, construction, loan sharking, hijacking, extortion, trucking, drug dealing – you name it the mob controlled it. The men who organized crime in America were the sons of poor immigrants. They were hungry for success and would use whatever means available to achieve their goals. They were not interested in religious identity and ethnic identity. Their syndicate of criminals was made up, primarily of Italians and Jews, but also Irish and black gangsters who could further their ambitions. Their sole objective was always the same – money. It began with Arnold Rothstein, who not only helped to fix the 1919 World Series, but who also mentored and financed the individuals who would control organized crime for decades. Individuals such as Frank Costello, Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel, Joe Adonis, and Meyer Lansky, who would then follow suit setting up other criminal organizations. They established rules of governance, making millions of dollars for themselves and their cohorts. All the organized crime bosses and their cohorts had the same modus operandi: they were far-seeing opportunists who took advantage of every illegal opportunity that came their way for making money. Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York reveals just how influential the mob in New York City was during the 20th century. Jeffrey Sussman entertainingly digs into the origins of organized crime in the 20th century by looking at the corporate activity that dominated this one city and how these entrepreneurial bosses supported successful criminal enterprises in other cities. He also profiles many of the colorful gangsters who followed in the footsteps of gangland’s original founders. Throughout the book Sussman provides fascinating portraits of a who’s who of gangland. His narrative moves excitingly and entertainingly through the pivotal events and history of organized crime, explaining the birth, growth, maturation, and decline of various illegal enterprises in New York. He also profiles those who prosecuted the mob and won significant verdicts that ended many careers, responsible for bringing many organized crime figures to their knees and then delivering a series of coups de grace – such as Burton Turkus, Thomas Dewey, Robert Kennedy, and Rudolph Giuliani.