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
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 . We were in a Packard touring car
when I pulled up in front of the store on the Tremont Avenue side . I forget what
we ...
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 . We were in a Packard touring car
when I pulled up in front of the store on the Tremont Avenue side . I forget what
we ...
Page 88
Call a couple of them . ” Valachi , furious at being given what he considered was
the role of a pimp , went to a telephone booth and pretended to make the call .
After a minute or so The Gap came over and asked , “ Are you getting the girls ?
Call a couple of them . ” Valachi , furious at being given what he considered was
the role of a pimp , went to a telephone booth and pretended to make the call .
After a minute or so The Gap came over and asked , “ Are you getting the girls ?
Page 116
All he knows is he hears a couple of shots , and this Levine and the other Jew
boy come running out and tell everybody to beat it . But Bobby says he ran in to
see if the old man still had a chance . That's how come the cops picked him up .
All he knows is he hears a couple of shots , and this Levine and the other Jew
boy come running out and tell everybody to beat it . But Bobby says he ran in to
see if the old man still had a chance . That's how come the cops picked him up .
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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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