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The Good Rat

Author : Jimmy Breslin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060856661
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Good Rat written by Jimmy Breslin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Mob Rats - Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno

Author : Joe Bruno
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Mob Rats - Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno written by Joe Bruno and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mob Rats - Jimmy 'The Weasel' Fratianno" has been ranked: AMAZON/UK #1 BEST SELLER IN "PERSPECTIVES ON LAW"AMAZON/USA #1 BEST SELLER IN "HOT NEW RELEASES - LAW ENFORCEMENT BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS"AMAZON/USA & AMAZON/UK #1 BEST SELLER IN FREE "LAW ENFORCEMENT BIOGRAPHIES," AND FREE "TRUE CRIME - HOAXES & DECEPTIONS." AMAZON/UK # 1 BEST SELLER IN "TRUE ACCOUNTS OF HOAXES & DECEPTIONS"*****Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno got his nickname from his days as a petty pushcart thief in Cleveland, when he ran as "quick as a weasel" with an armful of fruit and vegetables while the cops chased him.Rising quickly up the organized crime ladder in Cleveland, Fratianno, after doing a stint in the can for robbery and extortion, migrated west to Los Angeles where he hooked up with West Coast Mob boss, Jack Dragna. After doing a few "pieces of work" or murders for Dragna, Fratianno got his button and became a made man in the Mafia. Dragna soon appointed Fratianno as one of his captains, bypassing several irate mobsters who had served under Dragna for decades. Without even trying, Fratianno had made himself several serious enemies, and this would come back to haunt him. Things began falling apart for Fratianno when, while he was in prison doing another bit for extortion, Jack Dragna died. After much infighting, Dominick Brooklier was anointed Dragna's replacement, and one of his first acts was to bust Fratianno from captain back to a mere Mafia soldier. Incredibly, after Brooklier got hit with a 20-month prison term for racketeering, conspiracy and extortion, he named Fratianno as the acting boss of his LA crime family. Fratianno, his proud chest bursting the buttons on his silk shirt because of his sudden promotion, didn't realize he was being set up for the fall. As soon as Brooklier hit the streets again, Fratianno discovered he was as good as dead. He ran to the Feds, and he offered to sing his finest tunes in return for the luxury of the Witness Protection Program. Over the next 10 years (he got only five years in jail after admitting he participated in six murders), Fratianno scammed the Feds for almost $1 million, in return for his testimony at several mob trials.The Weasel had become a Rat, but the Federal Government was his patsy. Regrettably, it was our taxpayers' dollars that compensated Fratianno handsomely, exhibiting once again the folly of our hard-earned tax dollars at work.

Mob Rats

Author : Joe Bruno
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499399813
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Mob Rats written by Joe Bruno and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What People are saying about Joe Bruno's Mobster BooksANOTHER HISTORY LESSON! – I love Joe Bruno's books. I always say that he's the NYC true crime historian. NYC has had its share of murder and corruption over the past couple of centuries and the author is a wealth of knowledge about it. A must read for any true crime book collector. - RJ Parker - Best Selling Author of True Crime Books TRUE CRIME AT ITS BEST!! - Joe Bruno has a way of giving real light into his mob stories. His easy writing style pulls you in, and his no BS attitude allows you as a reader to get the full story not just what he chooses to share. There is so much real life history in these books. His books are especially edge of your seat interesting. They are mind blowing, really. I would highly recommend you pick up a copy of one of his books. You'll see what I am talking about. – Brenda Perlin – Adult Contemporary Fiction Author.

Rats

Author : Robert Sullivan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596919175
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Rats written by Robert Sullivan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Public Library Book for the Teenager New York Public Library Book to Remember PSLA Young Adult Top 40 Nonfiction Titles of the Year "Engaging...a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings."-Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Behold the rat, dirty and disgusting! Robert Sullivan turns the lowly rat into the star of this most perversely intriguing, remarkable, and unexpectedly elegant New York Times bestseller. Love them or loathe them, rats are here to stay-they are city dwellers as much as (or more than) we are, surviving on the effluvia of our society. In Rats, the critically acclaimed bestseller, Robert Sullivan spends a year investigating a rat-infested alley just a few blocks away from Wall Street. Sullivan gets to know not just the beast but its friends and foes: the exterminators, the sanitation workers, the agitators and activists who have played their part in the centuries-old war between human city dweller and wild city rat. Sullivan looks deep into the largely unrecorded history of the city and its masses-its herds-of-rats-like mob. Funny, wise, sometimes disgusting but always compulsively readable, Rats earns its unlikely place alongside the great classics of nature writing. With an all-new Afterword by the author

Mob Rats

Author : Joe Bruno
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781502592354
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book Mob Rats written by Joe Bruno and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What people are saying about “Mob Rats:Gangsters Who Squeal—Volume 1”5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun Read! By CurfewplugI've read hundreds of books about organized crime; some good, some not so good. This was one of my favorites. I enjoy Mr. Bruno's writing style, lively, informative, and just the right amount of street jargon.5.0 out of 5 stars JOE BRUNO, YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN By Eddie LazinskyGreat read!! I just couldn't put it down. The pages just flowed. Keep up the good work Joe. I'm looking forward to Volume II. 5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!! By lcook0825As usual a great read involving the Mafia in NYC. Very well written and I finished in one sitting. Lots of research goes into Joes books and it just keeps you reading. I'm looking forward to his next one as I always do. 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, thank you Joe Bruno!! By Chester L. StoneWhen I see a Joe Bruno title I expect to be entertained and educated and “Mob Rats: Gangsters That Squeal” fills that expectation. Joe Bruno is a combination of a historian, crime reporter and educator. As I have said before reading Joe Bruno is like having a conversation with an old friend.

The Mafia Rat

Author : Jimmy Breslin
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781845964801
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book The Mafia Rat written by Jimmy Breslin and published by Mainstream Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He came from the same streets as mob bosses John Gotti & Vito Genovese. Before 'Scarface', 'The Godfather' or 'The Sopranos', there was Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin. In 'The Mafia Rat', Breslin shows us the people and places that defined the Mafia.

The Mafia Rats

Author : E. C. L. Knox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785072413
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book The Mafia Rats written by E. C. L. Knox and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Of Rats and Men

Author : John L. Smith
Publisher : Huntington Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781935396901
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Of Rats and Men written by John L. Smith and published by Huntington Press Inc. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Rats and Men is the story of Mafia informants, made men, over-zealous government agents, a courtroom wizard, and the "happiest mayor in America." It's the biography of Oscar Goodman.

Bugs, Bull, & Rats: An Insider's Account of How the Mob Self-Destructed

Author : Fank Palmeri
Publisher : Brighton Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781621832829
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Bugs, Bull, & Rats: An Insider's Account of How the Mob Self-Destructed written by Fank Palmeri and published by Brighton Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call me the last of my kind. I'm a made man. Swore the blood oath, omerta, and never looked back when I became a member of one of the Five Families in the Mafia. I came around when bosses, captains, and soldiers were real men, not like the rats we have today who earn their money then betray their friends when the feds make the going tough. I've been in "the life" most of my life. My name is Frank Palmeri. Palmeri is not my real name because even though I make my living now by legitimate means, I'm still a member of the Mafia. I always will be. As I said, I swore the oath. The Mafia is more than a crime organization; it's the life you live. I served time because of a wire-wearing rat. Now I'm writing this book and sharing information about a secret organization that is no longer secret because the rats have spilled everything. So you understand, this book is not written by an informant who wants to look good now that he has cooperated with the government... ...I never cooperated. After completing a long prison sentence, wiseguy, Frank Palmeri, shares his thoughts about the decline of the New York Mafia. Palmeri discusses the basic tenets of the Mafia organization, including the code of silence that so many made men discarded when they decided to cooperate with the federal government. In turn, the US government systematically deconstructed the Mafia using the 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO). Palmeri describes the history of the Mafia, including the creation of the original Five Families of New York (Genovese, Bonanno, Gambino, Lucchese, and Profaci, which later became the Colombo Family) by Charlie "Lucky" Luciano in 1931. The author reveals a series of poor leadership decisions, as well as unnecessary and "unapproved" murders within the organization that eventually led to prominent members from all of the Five Families to turn on each other in order to bargain for more lenient sentences or protection from the feds. The basic structure and chain of command in the crime organization is described. Palmeri also calls out the failures and missteps of Mafia bosses and underbosses, including John Gotti, John Gotti Jr., and Sammy the Bull Gravano, which later made it easy for the government... ...to arrest and convict many prominent made men. The main point of Bugs, Bull, & Rats speaks directly to the title of the book. Palmeri blames the breakdown of the organization from 3000 made men in the '70s to fewer than 500 members in the current day to the betrayal of weak-minded members... many of whom Palmeri believes should never have been inducted into the organization."

The New Sport of Minkenry

Author : Joseph Carter
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781500400668
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The New Sport of Minkenry written by Joseph Carter and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mink are famous worldwide for their luxurious coat of fur, and yet most people know very little about them beyond their use as clothing. Even trappers, naturalists, and fur farmers, those who should know mink best, typically know only one side of the mink... their bad side. Those who do "know mink" will tell you how extremely aggressive and blood thirsty the mink is, and truth be told, they aren't that far off. But there is a different side to mink that very few have seen. This book not only tells how the art of Minkenry began, but more importantly, it is a step by step guide to those wanting to train a hunting mink. In this book I share how to tame, train, and properly care for this very intense little predator, the North American mink. Though still in its infancy, the sport of minkenry has been spreading thanks to the information sharing power of the Internet. First started in the western state of Utah, there are now minkeners springing up across the United States, and even as far away as the UK, Germany, France, and other European countries! As there is a growing need for a "how to" manual on the art of minkenry, this book was written specifically to fill that need. Minkenry is a very challenging sport, and is definitely not for everyone! Though highly intelligent, and surprisingly affectionate, mink are also very high-strung and stubborn creatures. They typically use their intelligence to work against you, far more than they do to work with you. Though not an adventure for the faint of heart; falconers, hunters, trappers, and other sportsmen worldwide, are being drawn to the art of minkenry with a pioneer's spirit. They have the desire to become part of something that has never been done before! If you yearn to experience the challenge of hunting with an aggressive, high strung, truly wild animal; then join us and become one of the pioneers in the new sport of minkenry!

The Good Rat

Author : Jimmy Breslin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061802034
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book The Good Rat written by Jimmy Breslin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia—characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito—interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD detectives indicted for carrying out eight gangland executions. Through these unforgettable real-life and long-forgotten Mafia stories, Jimmy Breslin captures the moments in which the mob was made and broken.

Mafia Informants

Author : Larry J. Hausner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147665266X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Mafia Informants written by Larry J. Hausner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-05-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Catopolis

Author : Martin Harry Greenberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780756405144
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Catopolis written by Martin Harry Greenberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen original tales take readers into the secret worlds of cats where they will meet a strange cast of feline characters, such as a Seer who must take destiny into her own paws to defeat a dictatorial tomcat thug and a black cat who assembles a special army to wage war on evil. Original.

Mob Culture

Author : Lee Grieveson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813535579
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Mob Culture written by Lee Grieveson and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mob Culture offers a long-awaited, fresh look at the American gangster film, exposing its hidden histories from the Black Hand gangs of the early twentieth century to The Sopranos. Departing from traditional approaches that have typically focused on the "nature" of the gangster, the editors have collected essays that engage the larger question of how the meaning of criminality has changed over time. Grouped into three thematic sections, the essays examine gangster films through the lens of social, gender, and racial/ethnic issues.

The Big Heist

Author : Anthony M. DeStefano
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 0806538317
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Big Heist written by Anthony M. DeStefano and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Pulitzer Prize-winner’s account of the heist that inspired Goodfellas reveals the rest of the story that couldn’t be told—until now (Publisher Weekly). One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stuff of mafia legend—and a decades-long federal investigation. Now Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony DeStefano sheds new light on this unsolved case using new evidence revealed during the 2015 trial of eighty-year-old mafioso Vincent Asaro. For the first time, Asaro speaks out on his role in the brazen heist that removed millions of dollars from John F. Kennedy International Airport. This authoritative account goes behind the headlines and Hollywood movies, taking readers inside the ranks of America’s infamous Mafia families—with never-before-told stories, late-breaking news, and bombshell revelations. “A comprehensive account…impressive.”—Publishers Weekly

The Student

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Student written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mob Boss

Author : Jerry Capeci
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250037433
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Mob Boss written by Jerry Capeci and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscent of Wiseguy, Mob Boss is a compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recounting the life and times of the first acting boss of an American Mafia family to turn government witness 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.