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Re: Corleone-like family?
[Re: Jimmy_Two_Times]
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The Genovese family's founders came from the village of Corleone and as we know the Genovese and Corleone family were the strongest of the Five Families. Mario Puzo also presumably used the Bonanno family as inspiration for the Corleone family, such as the father-son relationship and the Bananas War. The Bonanno family also expanded to the Western United States just as the Corleones did. Well said Sonny B... nice link analysis! Actually, the Genovese Family was founded by Joe Masseria. After Morellos´s conviction in 1910, his group splinted off in several directions. Some of them seems to have ended up with the Reina Family, others travelled back to Sicily or to other parts of the US. A few of them, and that includes Pepe Morello and Ciro Terranova, joined the Masseria gruop who later became strong thanks to Masseria´s willingness to enlist criminal elements from the Neopolitan community. In 1968/1969, when Puzo wrote the book, the common knowledge of the Mafia was poor. I agree with SonnyBlack that Puzo included tidbits of real Mafia incidents and real Mafia personalities in his book. But to say that his work of art is solely based on one Family, or one character, is a misconception.
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Re: Corleone-like family?
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Philly under Angelo Bruno. Immigrant, known for lack of violence, against the drug trade.
Should probably ask Mr. Kierney. I guess if you're Italian, you should be in prison. I've read the RICO Act, and I can tell you it's more appropriate... for some of those guys over in Washington than it is for me or any of my fellas here
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Re: Corleone-like family?
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the westside,today.is the only family that the 'official policy' is no drugs. although for the most part,no one gives a fuck either way. QD and Bellomo have drug pinches.
"Three can keep a secret..if two are dead." Calogero Minacore
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Re: Corleone-like family?
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02/06/13 02:43 PM
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Actually, the Genovese Family was founded by Joe Masseria. I guess that's up for debate. From what I understand it is generally believed that the Morellos founded the outfit that eventually became known as the Genovese family. Masseria took over their outfit after Morello and his brothers were out of ther picture. It is true that the family splintered in two different groups, the Reina group and the Masseria group. But these two groups would not have existed were it not for the Morellos. It was generally believed that the Morello group was the founding base of the Genovese Family. Not anymore. Newly done research, does not come to that conclusion. In fact, Critchley claims in his book that Morello joined Masseria and Dash, in his book, hints at this as well. The fact that Morello was inferior in rank to Masseria when Morello was released from prison, seems to point at Masseria being the one who took in Morello and not the other way around. But let´s not go into a debate about it in this thread.
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