Mob and the City Hortis C. Alexander
Mob and the City Hortis C. Alexander Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. Based on exhaustive research of archives and secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, author…
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Mob and the City Hortis C. Alexander
Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. Based on exhaustive research of archives and secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, author and attorney C. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s through 1950s.
The author goes beyond conventional who-shot-who mob stories, providing answers to fresh questions such as: * Why did the Sicilian gangs come out on Alexander Hortis draws on the deepest collection of primary sources, many newly discovered, of any history of the modern mob.Shattering myths, Hortis reveals how Cosa Nostra actually obtained power at the inception.