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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Page 66
That's what finally happened on this job on Tremont Avenue and 177th Street in
the Bronx . It was a store full of silk . We had been looking it over for a couple of
weeks , and it looked like a cinch . It didn't even have a Holmes alarm system .
That's what finally happened on this job on Tremont Avenue and 177th Street in
the Bronx . It was a store full of silk . We had been looking it over for a couple of
weeks , and it looked like a cinch . It didn't even have a Holmes alarm system .
Page 90
The fire was opened up on him from a “ machine - gun nest " in a flat across the
street , 202 Kolmar Avenue , and when he attempted to escape to the rear of the
Presto home , he was felled by fire from a second nest in a window at 4518 West
...
The fire was opened up on him from a “ machine - gun nest " in a flat across the
street , 202 Kolmar Avenue , and when he attempted to escape to the rear of the
Presto home , he was felled by fire from a second nest in a window at 4518 West
...
Page 229
They are going to Fifth Avenue Hospital . * They had to drive down Second
Avenue , and naturally they turn at 107th , as it's a westbound street and it takes
them right to the hospital . On the way they realize Gene is dead , and they dump
him ...
They are going to Fifth Avenue Hospital . * They had to drive down Second
Avenue , and naturally they turn at 107th , as it's a westbound street and it takes
them right to the hospital . On the way they realize Gene is dead , and they dump
him ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers Bantam books |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Edition | 9, revised |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1968 |
| ISBN | 067163173X, 9780671631734 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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