American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power "Reppetto's book earns its place among the best . . . he brings fresh context to a familiar story worth retelling." —The New York Times Book Review |
Contents
A Murder and Lynching in New Orleans | 1 |
Italian Gangs of New York | 18 |
Law Enforcement Wars on the Mafia | 36 |
Overlord of the Underworld | 54 |
Big Mike | 75 |
The Mobs Strike a Bonanza | 91 |
Print the Legend | 111 |
The Rise and Rise of Charlie Luciano | 132 |
Assessing the Menace of the Mafia | 181 |
Hollywood and Detroit | 198 |
The Prime Minister | 215 |
Postwar Expansion | 234 |
Senator Kefauver | 251 |
The Decline of the American Mafia | 270 |
Notes | 279 |
Bibliography | 291 |