Mobsters in our midst
Subtitle: the Kansas City crime family
By: William Ouseley
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kansas City, Mo; Kansas City Star Books
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781611690057
Subjects: Mafia; History; Criminals; Organized crime
Description: "The rise and fall of Kansas City's longest-reigning mob boss and the story of the powerful crime family he oversaw, told by the FBI agent who helped bring down Nick Civella and his cronies"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise of Nick Civella; title: Fallout from Apalachin; title: Politics; title: Violence: a way of life; title: Labor racketeering; title: Gambling and the Super Bowl blues; title: River Quay 1; title: Carl Spero; title: River Quay 2; title: Civella battles the government and cancer; title: River Quay 3; title: Bombing of the trap; title: John Brocato, the Credit Union of America and murder; title: River Quay 4; title: The outfit's purge; title: River Quay prosecution; title: Unfinished business; title: the Speros do battle; title: More woes for the boss; title: Strawman; title: Final accounting.