{"product_id":"american-mafia-a-history-of-its-rise-to-power-paperback","title":"American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Reppetto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Reppetto's book earns its place among the best . . . he brings fresh context to a familiar story worth retelling.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Organized crime--the Italian American kind--has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now Thomas Reppetto provides a balanced history of the Mafia's rise--from the 1880s to the post-WWII era--that is as exciting and readable as it is authoritative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStructuring his narrative around a series of case histories featuring such infamous characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience and access to unseen documents to show us a locally grown Mafia. It wasn't until the 1920s, thanks to Prohibition, that the Mafia assumed what we now consider its defining characteristics, especially its octopuslike tendency to infiltrate industry and government. At mid-century the Kefauver Commission declared the Mafia synonymous with Union Siciliana; in the 1960s the FBI finally admitted the Mafia's existence under the name La Cosa Nostra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating look at America's most compelling criminal subculture from an author who is intimately acquainted with both sides of the street.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Reppetto\u003c\/b\u003e is a former Chicago commander of detectives and has been the president of New York City's Citizens Crime Commission for more than twenty years. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNYPD: A City and Its Police\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384317460658,"sku":"9780805077988","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/555d6f984a35a23fb059d110b9dea4a7.webp?v=1777882447","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/american-mafia-a-history-of-its-rise-to-power-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}