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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Don't ask me why a nice guy like Johnny would want to get mixed up with Tony .
Who can explain those things ? Certainly you ain't going to ask him . Johnny
wasn't a member then . He was with Tony Bender , but Tony was never able to
get ...
Don't ask me why a nice guy like Johnny would want to get mixed up with Tony .
Who can explain those things ? Certainly you ain't going to ask him . Johnny
wasn't a member then . He was with Tony Bender , but Tony was never able to
get ...
Page 184
I try to explain , but she still doesn't get it , and nothing will do but that she must
come and see him . Then when we get to the track , I see that Armagnac is in
what they call the field . I'll explain what this is . If there are more than twelve
horses in ...
I try to explain , but she still doesn't get it , and nothing will do but that she must
come and see him . Then when we get to the track , I see that Armagnac is in
what they call the field . I'll explain what this is . If there are more than twelve
horses in ...
Page 241
In other words , I find I got eight partners counting Pat Pagano . What can I do
when he hits me with this ? He is my own lieutenant , and that is bad enough . But
I can't explain even to Pat , who ain't a member yetjust proposed - that Tony has ...
In other words , I find I got eight partners counting Pat Pagano . What can I do
when he hits me with this ? He is my own lieutenant , and that is bad enough . But
I can't explain even to Pat , who ain't a member yetjust proposed - that Tony has ...
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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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