I agree with you, salvie woke up when a certain question was asked by ms merlino. I wish she would have put some pics in the book. I enjoyed it

mafia wives was pretty interesting also.

thanx 4 the feed on rosinas book,i didnt think anyone read it..yes, i also hoped 4 pics,,Mafia wives author?

To add to my collection of books in relation to Philly LCN. I just recently ordered The Plumber by Joe Salerno. Anyone read that before?

That was the book that got me into this hobby 20 yrs. ago...My wife just got me the "updated" version & it still is a good read from Salerno's point of view..Leonetti later said that everything that joe said was in fact true..good book.

If you're into the Scarfo era, it's a good get for sure, most of the latter part of the book deals with Salerno's woes with the marshall's administrated WITSEC, which can get lengthy due to his whiny nature, but it does go into the testimony he gave to get Gerace removed from the union, and as an added bonus, you get parts of the transcripts of testimony/cross-exam. from United States of America v. Nicodemo Scarfo et. al. trial from Salerno.

Another one you'd enjoy is 'Breaking the mob', from philly detective Friel, he strictly investigated homicides along with the FBI in a taskforce, so you get extra details I didn't find in any other philly mob books.

Enjoy!

Any AP13 books? Please, or any kind of armenian organized crime.

Exactly, on transcripts thing, i forgot all about that..but now that i remember, it was addictive ..& friels book was a good memory from 20 some yrs. ago,, it had off the wall pics like the one recently posted w/carl "pappy" ippolito & bruno etc..rare photos thread.

you will like mafia wives then they talk about her, rosetta cutalo and bunch of other women. lots of pictures also. a english woman is the author and she interviewed a lot of family,friends and the women themselves

Picked up " Smugglers Blues, a true story of the Hippie Mafia" by Richard Stratton few days ago


Few favorites from the past:

"The underboss" by Gerard Oneil and Dick Lehr
" Killing Pablo" by Mark Bowden
"Smoke" by Meli Cadi
"American Desperado" by John Roberts and Evan Wright
"Zero zero zero" by Robert Saviano
"The Lufthansa heist" by Hill and Simone
"White devil" by Bob Halloran

After all these years, I finally broke down and read the five families, and immediately wished that I had gotten it years earlier. The earl history was a little boring but it got much better as you read on, and I would recommend it to anyone.

A must have 4 enthusiasts like us.

Hey guys, hows it hangin'? I had a question for anyone, I just recently ordered a used copy of Mob Rule: Inside The Canadian Mafia by James Dubro. Anyone ever read it? How is it? Anti, anyone?

I have read it. You will like it. It is a biography on Paul Volpe but it also includes a large chapter on other prominent Ontario Ndrangheta members. Some good photo's also. 1985 copyright.

there is a new book out on the Calabrian Mafia in Australia called Evil Life. I ordered it from the publisher in Australia as Amazon won't have it available until June its phenomenal

Thanks Dino I will look for it !

@ Sinatra

It's an eye opener right? I think most people watched that Soprano episode, with the woman boss Annalisa, not realizing that's more the norm than abnormal over there...

They don't normally look like Sofia Milos though.

Mob rule is excellent. One of my all time faves among oc books. Highly recommend it. Good account of volpe and the commisso brothers. Also has some info on rocco perri and Chuck yanover at the end.

Anyone read in the godfather garden? opinions? Or the Joe dogs book?

I have Ianuzzi's book, have yet to finish it. Its okay, I have no complaints about it. Its really about Tommy Agro for the most part, and there are some boring parts like when Ianuzzi talks about him and his wife's relationship and how she felt towards all his goomah's. Same for Godfathers Garden, which is a really good book IMO, I have a soft spot for it as its the first mob book I ever had the pleasure to read, good insight on the early days of Mafia activity in Jersey, and even more good info on Jerry Catena, his relationship with Richie Boiardo, they supposedly hated each other. And even some Gyp DeCarlo stories in there.

Just ordered the new book on the Detroit Mob, “Early Organized Crime in Detroit: Vice, Corruption, and the Rise of the Mafia,” Contains a good pic of Detroit mafia kingpins Joseph Zerelli, left, and Vito "Black Bill" Tocco in a 1931 police arrest photo.

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20160529/NEWS/160529550

I just bought that on my kindle , Beanshooter. I went on kind of a splurge yesterday. I cracked and bought the new book about the Chin as well, which so far, has started off good. I also purchased The Neighborhood Outfit, Organized Crime Chicago Heights, by Louis Corsino, which is the second book and most recent, in relation to the Chicago Heights crew of the Outfit. I'm finding that early on, they enjoyed a bit of autonomy from the Outfit of Chicago, the main city. I also bought Lanza & The San Francisco Mob. So I'm going to enjoy a good bit of reading , lol.


In regards to the photo you're referring to, which is shown early in the book, its not very rare. I assume you're referring to the one where they both had on these ridiculous furry black coats. If so, I first saw that photo in Scott Burnstein's Detroit Mafia doc.

I just read "Mafia Prince" by Phil Leonetti. As I hadn't really concentrated on the Philly mob, this was very interesting to me as it relates to the Scarfo era. The author is Scarfo's nephew so had inside information on the workings of the Scarfo crew. Recommended for others to read.

Thanks Sinatra Club. First time for me seeing that photo. Let me know which of those books you would recommend.

I enjoyed Mafia Prince too considering the book had missing paragraphs, typos and that annoying reference of making the gun gesture with the hands in every other sentence. I believe had Leonetti been found not guilty, he would have stayed in the Mob. He only ratted because he didn't want to go to jail.

Also,he states quite a bit how much his uncle ("my uncle HATED") just about everyone..but alas,being a self proclaimed good student of the scarfo yrs., i love the book & have tread over it's pages countless times.

Heres mg review of chins book. Its ok nothing new few nuggets here n there but you must remeber its a biography. The brother priest doesn't even say anything just admiration. The trial part was good liked how Weinstein rips the prosecutors did any of your witnesses even know vincent. Sammy meets him a fes times and then theres pete savino who i wish they could publish his testimony he was a interesting guy and got his hands dirty. He plead out to 8 murders he shot up a contrustion site with a Uzi and he reLly new chin. Guy was in on killing a made guy and got a pass was around alot of big guys wonder how close he was to getting made. Also question what was chins position before fat tony who i think became boss in 1981 has a stroke then chin visits the hospital with his guys santora and manna

Keyboard on my phone is small so i just keep typing fuck ups

Just got done with two books:


Family Secrets, Jeff Cohen: Great great insight into that particular case involving the chinatown crew of the Outfit, you're taken along for the ride in this book through the whole story, including the murders, trial moments, wiretaps, everything.

Blood Brothers, Peter Edwards: Good book, more or less an introduction of the Montreal Cotroni family(and its lesser OC predecessors). It highlights the importance of that family's ties to New York back in the day, and also emphasizes the huge power Vic exerted over the political and business world in Montreal but also Ontario. Not a very extensively documented OC family and I was a little bummed the book was so short, but still a good get if you find at decent price.

I throw it out there again a great book on the nyc gambino fmily and a recent book that book on charles carneglia good red bring it to the beach i think its mob killer the aurthor sat threw the trial a good book.