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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... Sing Sing Prison , where I would be out in only nine months . This is how it worked . At the reformatory I wouldn't get any time off for good behavior . But my sentence at Sing Sing would be one year and three months to two years and ...
... Sing Sing Prison , where I would be out in only nine months . This is how it worked . At the reformatory I wouldn't get any time off for good behavior . But my sentence at Sing Sing would be one year and three months to two years and ...
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... Sing Sing to serve not only his new sentence , but the remaining time on his first offense as well - a total of three years and eight months . Valachi's arrival there was something of a reunion . " It was my second time , " he notes ...
... Sing Sing to serve not only his new sentence , but the remaining time on his first offense as well - a total of three years and eight months . Valachi's arrival there was something of a reunion . " It was my second time , " he notes ...
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... Sing Sing on June 15 , 1928. He looked on the experience as not without advantages . " I came home , " he says , " with an educa- tion . I didn't learn much in that school , but at least I could read something and know what I was ...
... Sing Sing on June 15 , 1928. He looked on the experience as not without advantages . " I came home , " he says , " with an educa- tion . I didn't learn much in that school , but at least I could read something and know what I was ...
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