The Valachi Papers

Author : Peter Maas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780553100495
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valachi Papers written by Peter Maas and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.

Author : Peter Maas
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060738189
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Serpico written by Peter Maas and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of New York City. A culture of corruption pervaded the New York Police Department, where payoffs, protection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets and drug dealers were common practice. The so-called blue code of silence protected the minority of crooked cops from the sanction of the majority. Into this maelstrom came a working class, Brooklyn-born, Italian cop with long hair, a beard, and a taste for opera and ballet. Frank Serpico was a man who couldn't be silenced -- or bought -- and he refused to go along with the system. He had sworn an oath to uphold the law, even if the perpetrators happened to be other cops. For this unwavering commitment to justice, Serpico nearly paid with his life.

Author : Martin Gosch
Publisher : Enigma Books
ISBN 13 : 1936274574
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Author : Steven Whitney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780709171348
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Author : Paul Talbot
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595379826
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bronson's Loose! written by Paul Talbot and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1974 the movie Death Wish stunned audiences with its powerful story of an enraged businessman who hits the streets with a handgun to avenge the brutal violation of his wife and daughter. The film packed theaters with cheering moviegoers, became one of the highest-grossing and most controversial movies of the year, and turned star Charles Bronson into the hottest screen icon in the world. Over the next twenty years, four increasingly-violent sequels delivered thrills to a growing legion of fans and solidified the legend of Charles Bronson. Now, for the first time, Death Wish fanatics, Bronson cultists, and action movie lovers will discover fascinating information about the series. In exclusive comments, director Michael Winner, actor Kevyn Major Howard, novelist Brian Garfield, and many others reveal what it was like to work on the Death Wish movies with one of the most charismatic and elusive stars of all time. Covering every aspect of all five movies (including unused casting suggestions, deleted scenes and alternate cuts) and loaded with rare advertising artwork, Bronson's Loose!: The Making of the "Death Wish" Films tells the compelling, untold story behind the most explosive action series in film history.

Author : Peter Maas
Publisher : iBooks
ISBN 13 : 9780743479325
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manhunt written by Peter Maas and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of "Serpico" reveals the full, true-life story of Edwin P. Wilson, the rogue CIA agent whose far-reaching corruption reached deep into the sensitive corridors of America's intelligence community.

Author : Peter Maas
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060930969
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Underboss written by Peter Maas and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-01-27 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sammy the Bull Gravano is the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defeat. In telling Gravano's story, Peter Maas brings us as never before into the innermost sanctums of the Cosa Nostra as if we were there ourselves--a secret underworld of power, lust, greed, betrayal, and deception, with the specter of violent death always waiting in the wings.

Author : Peter Maas
Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valachi Papers written by Peter Maas and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 1968 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.

Author : Joaquin "Jack" Garcia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668008572
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Author : John Briley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671607739
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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