Mafia, U.S.A.
Edition: [1st ed.
Publisher: Playboy Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Mafia -- United States.
Table of contents: value: Maas, P. Joe Valachi's big contract.; value: Mills, J. The hit.; value: Lewis, N. The Mafia in Sicily.; value: Sondern, F. How the Mafia came to America.; value: Cook, F. J. The purge of the greasers.; value: Salerno, R., and Tompkins, J. After Luciano.; value: Sondern, F. Lucky Luciano, boss for all seasons.; value: Prial, F. J. Vito Genovese: power to spare.; value: Gage, N. Carlo Gambino, Mafia patriarch.; value: Time magazine. Joseph Columbo, impulsive innovator.; value: Cressey, D. The power structure.; value: Salerno, R. and Tompkins, J. Rules to live by.; value: Gage, N. Mafia women.; value: Messick, H. Mrs. Trigger Mike.; value: Talese, G. A family gathering.; value: Curtis, C. Pal Joey; a study in gangster chic.; value: Goodman, W. A good friend at city hall.; value: Hoge, T. A. New Jersey, the friendly State.; value: Gage, N. Frank Sinatra is a pal.; value: Demma, J. and Renner, T. The Mafia in the supermarket.; value: Penn, S. Muscling in.; value: Penn, S. On the waterfront.; value: Johnson, M. In Hollywood.; value: Grutzner, C. The businessman as victim.; value: Cook, F. J. A family business: hijacking, bookmaking, policy, dice games, loan-sharking, and special contracts.