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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-101250101700
ISBN-139781250101709
eBay Product ID (ePID)219634466
Product Key Features
Edition10
Book TitleFive Families : the Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Number of Pages816 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Organized Crime
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreTrue Crime, History
AuthorSelwyn Raab
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height2.2 in
Item Weight31.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews[An] excellent history of the New York Mafia... Five Families is the finest Mafia history we're likely to see for a good long time. - The New York Times Book Review "Raab, a former reporter for The New York Times whose beat was organized crime, exudes the authority of a writer who has lived and breathed his subject." - The Boston Globe "Raab sets a new gold standard for organized crime nonfiction with his outstanding history of the Mafia in New York City." - Publishers Weekly (starred)"Riveting history." - People "So well written and encompassing." - Chicago Tribune, " Five Families is the finest Mafia history we're likely to see for a good long time." -- The New York Times Book Review "Riveting history." -- People "Raab . . . exudes the authority of a writer who has lived and breathed his subject." -- The Boston Globe "Raab sets a new gold standard for organized crime nonfiction with his outstanding history." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal364.106/097471
SynopsisThe 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., The New York Times bestseller chronicling the history of NYC's infamous five mafia families is now the basis for the upcoming The HISTORY® 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., 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.