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by Selwyn Raab

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For half a century, the American Mafia outwitted, outmaneuvered, and outgunned the FBI and other police agencies, wreaking unparalleled damages to America's social fabric and business enterprises while emerging as the nation's most formidable crime empire. The vanguard of this criminal juggernaut is still led by the Mafia's most potent and largest borgatas: New York's Five Families.

Selwyn Raab's 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. This definitive history 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. The paperback has been revised and updated, with a new epilogue focusing on the trial of the notorious "Mafia Cops."

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As Tony Accetturo recited this grave oath, the holy picture in his hand perished in flames.

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  • Title Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
  • Author Selwyn Raab
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 785
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Griffin, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date September 5, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312361815 / 0312361815
  • Weight 2.03 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.2 x 2.09 in (23.42 x 15.75 x 5.31 cm)
  • Category True Crime / Espionage
  • Library of Congress subjects Organized crime - New York (State) - New York, Mafia - New York (State) - New York
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007271271
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.1

About the author

Selwyn Raab was an investigative reporter for The New York Times, covering organized crime and criminal justice matters for twenty-five years. He is also the author of Justice in the Back Room and Mob Lawyer. He lives in New York.

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