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Mafia Dynasty

Author : John H. Davis
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061091847
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Mafia Dynasty written by John H. Davis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1994-05-11 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gambinos--they arrived in America from Sicily when the `20's roared with bootleg liquor. For thirty years they fought a bloody battle for control of New York's underworld to emerge as the nation's richest and most powerful crime family. Now Mafia expert John H. Davis tells their compelling inside story. Here are the chilling details and deceptions that created a vast criminal empire. Here are six decades of the uncontrolled greed and lust for power of such men as Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and John Gotti--men for whom murder and betrayal were business as usual. From the Gambinos' powerful stranglehold on New York's construction, garment, and waterfront industries to the government's onslaught against them in the `80s and `90s, Mafia Dynasty takes you into the mysterious world of blood oaths, shifting alliances, and deadly feuds that will hold you riveted from the first page to the last.

Surviving the Mob

Author : Dennis N. Griffin
Publisher : Huntington Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1935396382
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Surviving the Mob written by Dennis N. Griffin and published by Huntington Press Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when the law wants you behind bars and the New York crime families want you buried? Surviving the Mob is a cautionary tale of the harsh reality of a criminal, inmate, fugitive, and witness who -- so far -- has lived to tell the tale.

The Gambino Family History

Author : W G Davis
Publisher : Diamondback Publishers International
ISBN 13 : 9781393196402
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book The Gambino Family History written by W G Davis and published by Diamondback Publishers International. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 1931, Charles "Lucky" Luciano calls the most powerful gangsters to a hotel in Chicago for a meeting that will soon change the way that organized crime is run in America. He creates the Five Families just like they did back in Sicily. His words were, "We have to run our business like a business." With the Capos, the Crews, and the Consiglieres, all reporting to the head of the family, The Boss, but there will be no more Boss of Bosses. He also created a board of directors, "The Commission" run by the heads of the five New York families. They will have the final say in all matters, even life and death. In a single move, Luciano creates the most powerful organized crime syndicate America has ever seen. And then twenty-six-years later on the morning of October 25, 1957, Albert Anastasia was killed, and with his death came the birth of The Gambino Crime Family. Even though they are no longer headline news in the newspapers across the country, The Gambino Crime Family continues to be active in a variety of criminal enterprises. In this book, we will journey over 100 years of Mafia history from the 1898 reign of Ignazio 'the Wolf' Lupo, through the prohibition years and the 1929 Castellammarese War. We'll trace the footsteps and battles of Lucky Luciano, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and John Gotti as they make millions, kill thousands, and create empires.

John Alite Mafia International

Author : John Alite
Publisher : Diamond Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1955794081
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book John Alite Mafia International written by John Alite and published by Diamond Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -John forms his own international mafia ring, working with different factions all around the world, who then also stepped up to help him with hide-outs, fake passports, and transportation. -From millionaire to fugitive and capture. Bonus chapters and over 50 photos. -Chapters on: John Gotti, Sr., John Gotti, Jr., Johnny Ruggiero, Frankie Burke, Rikers Island, Amored Cars, Crooked Cops, Money, Drugs, Phil Barone, Greg Reiter, Stolen Car, People Stuffed in Trunks, Ronnie One-Arm, Court Document Excerpts, Anthony Tabbita, TT, Joe Gambino, Hells Angels, Joey Scopo, Terrorists, Claus, and more... "Men like Angelo Ruggiero, Johnny Carneglia, and Mark Reiter were true tough guys, and I respected them. They didn't go to the social clubs and play cards all day. They didn't want to sit there and talk shit. They would tell me to do anything except hang out at the club and smoke cigars like a moron."

The Gambino Crime

Author : Biographiq
Publisher : Biographiq
ISBN 13 : 9781599861692
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book The Gambino Crime written by Biographiq and published by Biographiq. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gambino Crime Family - A Mafia Family Revealed is an account of the Gambino family, one of the most powerful crime families in United States history. The Gambino family, known to be one of the "Five Families" who control organized crime in New York City, are charged with scores of crimes including: loansharking, racketeering, gambling, extortion, and murder for hire. The Gambino Crime Family - A Mafia Family Revealed is highly recommended for those interested in the history of the Gambino crime family and also for those interested in learning more about the Mafia.

Making Jack Falcone

Author : Joaquin 'Jack' Garcia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147110852X
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Making Jack Falcone written by Joaquin 'Jack' Garcia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 6'4" and 375 pounds, Jack Garcia looked the part of a mobster, and he played his part so perfectly that his Mafia bosses never suspected he was an undercover agent for the FBI. 'Big Jack Falcone', as he was known inside La Cosa Nostra, learned all the inside dirt about the Gambino organized crime syndicate and its illegal activities - from extortion and loan-sharking to assault and murder. The result was a string of busts and a quarter of a million dollar contract put out on his life. A fascinating inside look at the struggle between law enforcement and organized crime, MAKING JACK FALCONE sheds new light on two organizational cultures that continue to exert an unparalled grip on our imagination.

Darkest Hour - John Alite

Author : S. C. Pike
Publisher : J.C. Cliff, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780997159189
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Darkest Hour - John Alite written by S. C. Pike and published by J.C. Cliff, LLC. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DARKEST HOUR A True Story / True CrimeFormer Mafia Enforcer for John Gotti and the Gambino Crime Family, John Alite, shares his life story in a unique way, in hopes to dispel the mystique of the mob and sway anyone from living a life of crime.He¿s had too many darkest hours to count, but he¿s pushed through them all with a spirited perseverance, tenacity of mind, and a strength of purpose. Just like everything else in his life, he¿s met adversity head on with fierce determination and a resoluteness to come out on top.*~*~*A college baseball scholarship was his way out of the inner city, but his dreams of going pro were crushed by an arm injury. John Alite was forced to return home to the only life he knew, where having to live on the streets of New York meant one thing¿ learning how to survive. He was driven.He was extreme. He was loyal.But most of all, he was Feared. From a young age, he found himself influenced by the wrong crowd. Enticed by the wealth, power, and prestige of the mafia, he immersed himself in a world that was foreign to most. A society where policies were enforced by instilling fear.Those at the top were about obtaining and harnessing absolute power, while covertly using their own warped codes of ethics. Honor and loyalty were merely a misnomer. The cold, bitter truth was, he was expendable, and his sworn allegiance was rewarded with betrayal.On the run and unable to trust anyone, John was finally forced to confront his own demon¿himself. Facing the harsh realities of who he was and what he had done wasn¿t pretty, and he had some serious, life-altering decisions to make. Ones that would come with a price. Through a life of heartache, betrayal, and loss comes a story of grace, healing, and redemption.

The Gambino Mafia Crime Family

Author : Mafia Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781739258511
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book The Gambino Mafia Crime Family written by Mafia Library and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gambino family is a prime example of organized crime families, and their in-house fighting and varying styles of leadership have defined the age of the mob. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the family underwent a series of names and leaders, but they always remained at the top of the New York mob regime and retained their Sicilian ties. In this book, you will: Learn about the Mano Nero, the Black Hand group that brought terror to the streets of New York. Gain insight into the five families who formed the Cosa Nostra. Learn about the 10 rules of the Cosa Nostra and who could and couldn't join the organization. Find tons of interesting facts about the dons who have ruled and reigned over the family. Learn the truth about Gambino, the boss of all bosses. Learn about John Gotti and the rat that finally lost him the Teflon Don title. This book will help you become part of this fascinating history of organized crime.

Gotti's Boys

Author : Anthony M. DeStefano
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 0806539151
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Gotti's Boys written by Anthony M. DeStefano and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A KILLER LINE-UP In his bloody reign as the head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti wracked up a lifetime of charges from gambling, extortion, and tax evasion to racketeering, conspiracy, and five convictions of murder. He didn’t do it alone. Surrounding himself with a rogues gallery of contract killers, fixers, and enforcers, he built one of the richest, most powerful and violent crime empires in modern history. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano takes you inside Gotti’s inner circle to reveal the dark hearts and murderous deeds of the most remorseless and cold-blooded characters in organized crime. Men so vicious even the other Mafia families were terrified of them. Meet Gotti’s Boys . . . * Charles Carneglia * Gene Gotti * Angelo “Quack-Quack” Ruggiero * Tony “Roach” Rampino * “Sammy the Bull” Gravano * Frank DeCicco * Vincent Artuso * Joe “The German” Watts * THE ULTIMATE MURDERER’S ROW “DeStefano explores John Gotti’s rise to the head of the Gambino family . . . Aficionados are sure to relish the finer, exhaustively researched details.” —Publishers Weekly “A thrilling ride . . . DeStefano has written another excellent biography of a memorable group of gangsters and an excellent addition to the history of the Teflon Don.” —Booklist

Gotti's Rules

Author : George Anastasia
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062346881
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Gotti's Rules written by George Anastasia and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Honor and The Last Gangster—“one of the most respected crime reporters in the country” (60 Minutes)—comes the sure to be headline-making inside story of the Gotti and Gambino families, told from the unique viewpoint of notorious mob hit-man John Alite, a close associate of Junior Gotti who later testified against him. In Gotti’s Rules, George Anastasia, a prize-winning reporter who spent over thirty years covering crime, offers a shocking and very rare glimpse into the Gotti family, witnessed up-close from former family insider John Alite, John Gotti Jr.’s longtime friend and protector. Until now, no one has given up the kind of personal details about the Gottis—including the legendary “Gotti Rules” of leadership—that Anastasia exposes here. Drawing on extensive FBI files and other documentation, his own knowledge, and exclusive interviews with insiders and experts, including mob-enforcer-turned-government-witness Alite, Anastasia pokes holes in the Gotti legend, demystifying this notorious family and its lucrative and often deadly machinations. Anastasia offers never-before-heard information about the murders, drug dealing, and extortion that propelled John J. Gotti to the top of the Gambino crime family and the treachery and deceit that allowed John A. “Junior” Gotti to follow in his father’s footsteps. Told from street level and through the eyes of a wiseguy who saw it all firsthand, the result is a riveting look at a family whose hubris, violence, passion, and greed fueled a bloody rise and devastating fall that is still reverberating through the American underworld today. Gotti’s Rules includes 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.

For the Sins of My Father

Author : Albert DeMeo
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767906896
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book For the Sins of My Father written by Albert DeMeo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-09-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A suspenseful, emotionally charged real-life Sopranos: The son of New York's most notorious Mafia killer reveals the conflicted life he led being raised by a cold-blooded murderer, who was also a devoted family man, and the wrenching legacy of Mafia family life. Al DeMeo will never forget the day in 1992 when a coworker, a fellow trader at the New York Stock Exchange, taunted him with a copy of the hot new book Murder Machine, chronicling the horrific criminal life of DeMeo's father, Roy, the head of the most deadly gang in organized crime. The moment sent DeMeo into a psychological tailspin: How could he have spent his life looking up to, and loving, a vicious killer? For the Sins of My Father recounts the chilling rise and fall of the man who led the Gambino family's most fearsome killers and thieves, through the eyes of a son who had never known any other kind of life. Coming of age in an opulent Long Island house where money is abundant but its source is unclear, Al becomes Roy's confidant, sent to call in loans at age fourteen and gradually coming to understand his father's job description--loan shark, car thief, porn purveyor and, above all, murderer. But when Al is seventeen, Roy's body is found in the trunk of a car, a gangland slaying that places Al between federal prosecutors seeking his testimony and a mob crew determined to keep him quiet. Desperate to abide by the father-son bond, but equally determined to escape his father's dangerous and doomed life, Al Demeo embarks on a courageous quest for the truth, reconciliation, and honor. With the implacable narrative drive of a thriller and the power of a painfully honest memoir, For the Sins of My Father presents a startling and unprecedented perspective on the underworld of organized crime, exposing for the first time the cruel legacy of a Mafia life.

Mob Daughter

Author : Karen Gravano
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250015200
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Mob Daughter written by Karen Gravano and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal. Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders, the former Gambino Crime Family underboss—and John Gotti's right-hand man—is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm and several nightclubs. He stayed out late, and sometimes he didn't come home at all. He hosted "secret" meetings at their house, and had countless whispered conversations with "business associates." By the age of twelve, Karen knew he was a gangster. And as she grew up, while her peers worried about clothes and schoolwork, she was coming face-to-face with crime and murder. Gravano was nineteen years old when her father turned his back on the mob and cooperated with the Feds. The fabric of her family was ripped apart, and they were instantly rejected by the communities they grew up in. This is the story of a daughter's struggle to reconcile the image of her loving father with that of a murdering Mafioso, and how, in healing the rift between the two, she was able to forge a new life.

La Cosa Nostra - Gambino Family

Author : Paul Gallo
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781986288675
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book La Cosa Nostra - Gambino Family written by Paul Gallo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gambino family really in many ways has been stripped of the legendary leadership that they had for many years. Vincent Mangano, Albert Anastasia, Carlo Gambino and when I say legendary I would stop there. Paul Castellano he tried to recall a lot of profits as his brother-in-law left them and John Gotti just brought the family down. The family has been shattered so you have the rise of this enormous criminal organization, then it reaches its Apogee in the reign of Carlo Gambino and the reign of Paul Castellano and then crashes. It's destroyed by the reign of John Gotti. I think a final thought may be a quote from big Paul Castellano. "This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey that's great. But it's very unpredictable. There are so many ways you can screw it up." And in my opinion they screwed up in the end.

Mob Killer:

Author : Anthony M. DeStefano
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 0806538481
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Mob Killer: written by Anthony M. DeStefano and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Crazed Killer He dissolved the bodies of some of his victims in acid and poured them down the sewer. He hung grisly souvenirs on nails in his junkyard. La Costra Nostra Charles Carneglia was a stone-cold killer who fell in with the bloodthirsty John Gotti crew. As the infamous crime family rose to power with their murderous trail of sex, jealousy, greed, and revenge, Carneglia rose with them. Mafia, Madness And Murder This is the horrifying story of a misfit who fit perfectly into the New York mafia. In a harrowing journey inside a ruthless criminal underworld, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony M. DeStefano chronicles one man's life in a world of depraved acts of violence and the horrors that went with being a member of the Gambino family. "Thrilling American crime writing." -Jimmy Breslin on King of the Godfathers Includes 16 Pages of Shocking Photos

Carmine the Snake

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

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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.

Italian-American Crime Families

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230574639
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Italian-American Crime Families written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 111. Chapters: Gambino crime family, Lucchese crime family, Genovese crime family, Bonanno crime family, Los Angeles crime family, Detroit Partnership, Colombo crime family, Buffalo crime family, DeCavalcante crime family, Chicago Outfit, Morello crime family, Philadelphia crime family, Pittsburgh crime family, Cleveland crime family, New Orleans crime family, List of Mafia crime families, Patriarca crime family, Porrello crime family, Trafficante crime family, Bufalino crime family, Rochester crime family, Kansas City crime family, Dallas crime family, Five Families, St. Louis crime family, Genna crime family, San Jose crime family, San Francisco crime family, Milwaukee crime family, Licavoli Mob, Denver crime family. Excerpt: The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, U.S., within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). Originally put together by Gaetano "Tommy" Reina in the early 1920s up until his murder in 1930, their illicit activities include profiting from labor and construction racketeering, illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, drug trafficking, money laundering, hijacking, fraud, fencing and murder for hire. The family was taken over by Gaetano "Tommy" Gagliano during the Castellammarese War until his death in 1951. The family under Gagliano was peaceful and low key, concentrating their criminal actives in the Bronx, Manhattan and New Jersey. The next boss was Tommy "Three-Finger Brown" Lucchese who turned the family around and became one of the most powerful Commission members. Lucchese teamed up with Gambino family boss Carlo Gambino to control organized crime in New York City together. When Lucchese died of natural causes in 1967, Carmine Tramunti controlled the family for a brief time; he was arrested in...

The Gambino Mafia Crime Family

Author : Mafia Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781917077002
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Gambino Mafia Crime Family written by Mafia Library and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gambino family is a prime example of organized crime families, and their in-house fighting and varying styles of leadership have defined the age of the mob. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the family underwent a series of names and leaders, but they always remained at the top of the New York mob regime and retained their Sicilian ties. From the dark days of the Great Depression through to the media-filled part of the late twentieth century, their activities gave family members a chance to flourish and become successful or fall by the wayside, depending on the circumstances. Mob life can change on a dime and affect the lives of all concerned, and this book is a comprehensive history of the Gambino fortunes and falls. In this book, you will: Learn about the Mano Nero, the Black Hand group that brought terror to the streets of New York. Gain insight into the five families who formed the Cosa Nostra. Learn about the 10 rules of the Cosa Nostra and who could and couldn't join the organization. Find tons of interesting facts about the dons who have ruled and reigned over the family. Learn the truth about Gambino, the boss of all bosses. Learn about John Gotti and the rat that finally lost him the Teflon Don title. This book will help you become part of this fascinating history of organized crime.