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 54
I can just see myself now telling some guy we're trying to get to talk that he doesn'
t have to worry — that we'll take care of him . " In the unlikely event that Valachi is
ever considered for parole , the earliest it could happen is in 1980 , when he ...
I can just see myself now telling some guy we're trying to get to talk that he doesn'
t have to worry — that we'll take care of him . " In the unlikely event that Valachi is
ever considered for parole , the earliest it could happen is in 1980 , when he ...
Page 59
When this strategy completely backfired , they continued to hammer away at
Valachi , endlessly trying to catch him in a contradiction about his own past in
order to discredit his memory , then attempting to prove that he had been
coached on ...
When this strategy completely backfired , they continued to hammer away at
Valachi , endlessly trying to catch him in a contradiction about his own past in
order to discredit his memory , then attempting to prove that he had been
coached on ...
Page 201
What I mean is there is a lot of animosity among the soldiers in these Families ,
and one guy is always trying to take away another guy's numbers runner or move
into a book - making operation or grab a shylocking customer . So you can see ...
What I mean is there is a lot of animosity among the soldiers in these Families ,
and one guy is always trying to take away another guy's numbers runner or move
into a book - making operation or grab a shylocking customer . So you can see ...
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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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