The Valachi PapersThe First Inside Account of the Mafia In the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crimefrom the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who "clipped" rivals and turncoats. With a phenomenal memory for names, dates, addresses, phone numbers -- and where the bodies were buried -- Joe Valachi provided the chilling facts that led to the arrest and conviction of America's major crime figures. The rest is history. Never again would the Mob be protected by secrecy. For the Mafia, Valachi's name would become synonymous with betrayal. But his stunning exposÉ . broke the back of America's Cosa Nostra and stands I today as the classic about America's Mob, a fascinat ing tale of power and terror, big money, crime ... and murder. |
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... Bobby Doyle . His real name was Girolamo Santucci , but he was a fighter once , and his ring name was Bobby Doyle . In those days a lot of Italian fighters used Irish names . I guess it was because they were easier to say . You could tell ...
... Bobby Doyle . His real name was Girolamo Santucci , but he was a fighter once , and his ring name was Bobby Doyle . In those days a lot of Italian fighters used Irish names . I guess it was because they were easier to say . You could tell ...
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... Bobby Doyle is to kill Frank . I said , " No , I won't do it . " I run over to The Gap's house . I told The Gap how I pulled with Frank and Frank pulled with me . The Gap said he would straighten out everything with Bobby . The three of ...
... Bobby Doyle is to kill Frank . I said , " No , I won't do it . " I run over to The Gap's house . I told The Gap how I pulled with Frank and Frank pulled with me . The Gap said he would straighten out everything with Bobby . The three of ...
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... Bobby Doyle , be sent instead . Ac- tually the battle - weary Valachi , ever cautious , feared that this sort of assignment held unforeseen perils should some new coup be in the making . However ill - founded his misgiv- ings were , he ...
... Bobby Doyle , be sent instead . Ac- tually the battle - weary Valachi , ever cautious , feared that this sort of assignment held unforeseen perils should some new coup be in the making . However ill - founded his misgiv- ings were , he ...
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