Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires - Paperback

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Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires - Paperback

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires - Paperback

by Selwyn Raab
$30.00
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Book Overview

by Selwyn Raab (Author)

The New York Times bestseller chronicling the history of NYC's infamous five mafia families is now the basis for the upcoming The HISTORY(R) Channel documentary series American Godfathers: The Five Families.

For half a century, the American Mafia outwitted, outmaneuvered, and outgunned the FBI and other police agencies, wreaking unparalleled damage on America's social fabric and business enterprises while emerging as the nation's most formidable crime empire. The vanguard of this criminal juggernaut is still led by the Mafia's most potent and largest borgatas: New York's Five Families.

Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons, from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and others. This definitive history brings the reader right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law-enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime.

This updated tenth-anniversary edition features a new preface by the author.

Author Biography

SELWYN RAAB was an investigative reporter for The New York Times, covering organized crime and criminal justice matters for twenty-five years. He is also the author of Justice in the Back Room and Mob Lawyer. He lives in New York.

Number of Pages: 816
Dimensions: 2.3 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: October 04, 2016
ISBN9781250101709
Author Selwyn Raab
PublisherThomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages816
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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