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 88
His killer , Valachi learned later , was a Chicago - based gunman , whom Valachi
knew only as “ Buster from Chicago ” ; he looked like " a college boy " and carried
, in the grand tradition , a machine gun in a violin case . THE VALACHI ...
His killer , Valachi learned later , was a Chicago - based gunman , whom Valachi
knew only as “ Buster from Chicago ” ; he looked like " a college boy " and carried
, in the grand tradition , a machine gun in a violin case . THE VALACHI ...
Page 93
In midafternoon the meeting in Ferrigno's apartment broke up , the participants
exiting in pairs . But after most of them had departed , Masseria still had not
shown his face ; later it was learned that Masseria had waited to be the last one
out .
In midafternoon the meeting in Ferrigno's apartment broke up , the participants
exiting in pairs . But after most of them had departed , Masseria still had not
shown his face ; later it was learned that Masseria had waited to be the last one
out .
Page 225
The next afternoon he contacted the girl he had left with Giannini and learned
from her that the condemned man had mentioned something about a “ game in
Harlem . Valachi passed this intelligence on to the Paganos and Siano . A few
days ...
The next afternoon he contacted the girl he had left with Giannini and learned
from her that the condemned man had mentioned something about a “ game in
Harlem . Valachi passed this intelligence on to the Paganos and Siano . A few
days ...
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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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