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Five Families : The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab (2005, Hardcover)

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Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals and generational changes that produced violent and unreliable leaders and recruits. A twenty year assault against the five families in particular blossomed into the most successful law enforcement campaign of the last century. Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and more. The book also brings the reader right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime.

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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312300948
ISBN-13
9780312300944
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46602696

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Book Title
Five Families : the Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Author
Selwyn Raab
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Organized Crime
Publication Year
2005
Genre
True Crime, History
Number of Pages
784 Pages

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9.5in
Item Height
2.2in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
40.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hv6452.N7r33 2005
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"A classic piece of reporting by a man who knows the bloody, brutal, corrupt territory." --Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes "In my more than fifty years as a reporter, there is no journalist who I've respected more than Selwyn Raab at The New York Times in covering New York's criminal justice system. He was tireless and painstaking in investigating the investigators, sometimes helping to prove innocence, but equally fair and conscientious in cases that ended in conviction. His riveting book will be I'm sure the definitive history of the Mafia in New York for a long time to come. It is a model of what journalism can be." --NAT HENTOFF "After an eight-decade run in which its executives built the most powerful criminal organization in U.S. history, the American Mafia began to unravel at the end of the 20th century. It did so in a convulsion of blood and treachery, fueled by out-of-control egos. Selwyn Raab was there, in the streets, the precinct houses, and the courtrooms to record that story. No one does it better. " --TOM ROBBINS, Reporter, Village Voice
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2005-048416
Dewey Decimal
364.106/097471
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by MMYrTMUmQu6@Del...Oct 14, 2008
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the book was well done .all away around it was great.i just love the topic.it just is better then anything i have read on the subject.it was done perfectly.i feelt like in was right into the experience.it had a great effective on me.i read it quickly and easily and never got lost.like i do in some books.it was a good study.it was so vivid and real-life like.it was a thrill and a great experience.i was very very satisfied with my purchase of this book.the book was really beyond my expectations.the quality of the book was way to much.the history and how it was all told .now that is way i read books .a book like this makes me become the book.so that is what it is all about .thats why i read .
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by littlerj100Nov 25, 2006
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This book is the definitive work on the New York Mafia, it can be called the "New York Mafia Bible". All the general or important facts you need to know about the New York Families from the Mafia 's "Roots", the "Castellammarese War", the formation of the Commission and the Syndicate, to the most influential and "Serene Times" of the New York Families, the "Bitter Aftermath" of the Commission case, New York's Mafia resurgence and "The Real Boss", up to "The Domino Effect" and the defection of the last sitting New York Boss, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino of the Bonanno Family. Includes the New York "Family Trees" and "Mafia Boss Succession". Over 80 years of mafia history, a must for all those interested in the New York Mafia or La Cosa Nostra.
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by uLiBw_uhTmm@Del...May 16, 2011
Best book ever on the Itlian Mafia. Wish I was part of a family.
Its the best book to read about the Itlian Mafia. From their origins to the present day. I really did love reading about the Godfathers from the old days, they were the best.
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by 7s9wsQTUSCS@Del...Apr 10, 2007
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The five Families are very informative. The book cover s the families indepth. This is a more of a general knowledge book.

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