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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Without him , " Hundley says , " we could have blown the whole thing . Flynn is an
unusual agent with great imagination and initiative . He had a tremendous knack
of winning Valachi's confidence . He knew exactly when to be tough and when ...
Without him , " Hundley says , " we could have blown the whole thing . Flynn is an
unusual agent with great imagination and initiative . He had a tremendous knack
of winning Valachi's confidence . He knew exactly when to be tough and when ...
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Things aren't like they used to be . The feelings between Sicilians and
Neapolitans is all past ! ... He looked like a businessman , and he was in
construction work , for one thing . I first met him through the bouncer at this place
on 116th Street .
Things aren't like they used to be . The feelings between Sicilians and
Neapolitans is all past ! ... He looked like a businessman , and he was in
construction work , for one thing . I first met him through the bouncer at this place
on 116th Street .
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In English Cosa Nostra would mean " this thing of ours . " It comes before ... Here
are the two most important things you have to remember . Drill them into your ...
Now I was told that this wasn't an everyday thing , but once is enough . Right ?
In English Cosa Nostra would mean " this thing of ours . " It comes before ... Here
are the two most important things you have to remember . Drill them into your ...
Now I was told that this wasn't an everyday thing , but once is enough . Right ?
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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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