EAN: 9781633886087

THE MOB AND THE CITY - C ALEXANDER HORTIS JAMES...

Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book  even life-long mob
aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative  authoritative  and
eye-opening  this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden
history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s
through 1950s. Based on exhaustive research of archives and secret files obtained through the
Freedom of Information Act  author and attorney C. Alexander Hortis draws on the deepest
collection of primary sources  many newly discovered  of any history of the modern mob.
Shattering myths  Hortis reveals how Cosa Nostra actually obtained power at the inception. The
author goes beyond conventional who-shot-who mob stories  providing answers to fresh questions
such as: * Why did the Sicilian gangs come out on top of the criminal underworld? * Can
economics explain how the Mafia families operated? * What was the Mafia's real role in the drug
trade? * Why was Cosa Nostra involved in gay bars in New York since the 1930s? Drawing on an
unprecedented array of primary sources  The Mob and the City is the most thorough and authentic
history of the Mafia's rise to power in the early-to-mid twentieth century.

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