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American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power Hardcover - 2004

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A history of the rise of the Mafia in the world of crime and in the mainstream American political and economic life
Organized crime-the Italian American kind-has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now, Thomas Reppetto provides a balanced history of the Mafia's rise-from the 1880s to the post-WWII era-that is as exciting and readable as it is authoritative. Structuring his narrative around a series of case histories featuring such infamous characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience and access to unseen documents to show us a locally grown Mafia. The Italian American crime families were shaped by conditions in big cities, but it wasn't until the 1920s, thanks to prohibition, that the Mafia assumed what we now consider its defining characteristics, especially its octopus-like tendency to infiltrate industry and government. At mid-century the Kefauver Commission declared the Mafia synonymous with Union Siciliana; in the 1960s the FBI finally admitted the Mafia's existence under the name La Cosa Nostra.
"American Mafia "is a fascinating look at America's most compelling criminal subculture from an author who is intimately acquainted with both sides of the street.

First line

One drizzly night in October of 1890, New Orleans police chief David Hennessy was walking home late with his friend William O'Connor.

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  • Title American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power
  • Author Thomas Reppetto
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 318
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John MacRae Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date January 6, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780805072105 / 0805072101
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 6.4 x 1.1 in (24.26 x 16.26 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003056736
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.106

About the author

Thomas Reppetto is a former Chicago commander of detectives and has been the president of New York City's Citizens Crime Commission for more than twenty years. He is the author of" NYPD: A City and Its Police, " a "New York Times " Notable Book. He lives in New York City.
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