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FIVE FAMILIES: THE RISE, DECLINE, AND RESURGENCE OF By Selwyn Raab***SIGNED** HC

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    Condition
    Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
    Personalize
    No
    Type
    Hardcover
    Publication Name
    Thomas Dunne Books
    Signed
    Yes
    Ex Libris
    No
    ISBN-10
    0312300948
    Personalized
    Yes
    Narrative Type
    Nonfiction
    Inscribed
    Yes
    Vintage
    No
    ISBN
    9780312300944
    Book Title
    Five Families : the Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
    Publisher
    St. Martin's Press
    Item Length
    9.5 in
    Publication Year
    2005
    Format
    Hardcover
    Language
    English
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Item Height
    2.2 in
    Author
    Selwyn Raab
    Genre
    True Crime, History
    Topic
    United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Organized Crime
    Item Weight
    40.6 Oz
    Item Width
    6.4 in
    Number of Pages
    784 Pages

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    Publisher
    St. Martin's Press
    ISBN-10
    0312300948
    ISBN-13
    9780312300944
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    46602696

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Five Families : the Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
    Number of Pages
    784 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2005
    Topic
    United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Organized Crime
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    True Crime, History
    Author
    Selwyn Raab
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    2.2 in
    Item Weight
    40.6 Oz
    Item Length
    9.5 in
    Item Width
    6.4 in

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    LCCN
    2005-048416
    Reviews
    "A classic piece of reporting by a man who knows the bloody, brutal, corrupt territory." --Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes "In my more than fifty years as a reporter, there is no journalist who I've respected more than Selwyn Raab at The New York Times in covering New York's criminal justice system. He was tireless and painstaking in investigating the investigators, sometimes helping to prove innocence, but equally fair and conscientious in cases that ended in conviction. His riveting book will be I'm sure the definitive history of the Mafia in New York for a long time to come. It is a model of what journalism can be." --NAT HENTOFF "After an eight-decade run in which its executives built the most powerful criminal organization in U.S. history, the American Mafia began to unravel at the end of the 20th century. It did so in a convulsion of blood and treachery, fueled by out-of-control egos. Selwyn Raab was there, in the streets, the precinct houses, and the courtrooms to record that story. No one does it better. " --TOM ROBBINS, Reporter, Village Voice
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Dewey Decimal
    364.106/097471
    Synopsis
    Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals and generational changes that produced violent and unreliable leaders and recruits. A twenty year assault against the five families in particular blossomed into the most successful law enforcement campaign of the last century. Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and more. The book also brings the reader right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime.
    LC Classification Number
    HV6452.N7R33 2005

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    • by MMYrTMUmQu6@Deleted
      Oct 14, 2008

      five families

      the book was well done .all away around it was great.i just love the topic.it just is better then anything i have read on the subject.it was done perfectly.i feelt like in was right into the experience.it had a great effective on me.i read it quickly and easily and never got lost.like i do in some books.it was a good study.it was so vivid and real-life like.it was a thrill and a great experience.i was very very satisfied with my purchase of this book.the book was really beyond my expectations.the quality of the book was way to much.the history and how it was all told .now that is way i read books .a book like this makes me become the book.so that is what it is all about .thats why i read .

    • by littlerj100
      Nov 25, 2006

      The Five Families

      This book is the definitive work on the New York Mafia, it can be called the "New York Mafia Bible". All the general or important facts you need to know about the New York Families from the Mafia 's "Roots", the "Castellammarese War", the formation of the Commission and the Syndicate, to the most influential and "Serene Times" of the New York Families, the "Bitter Aftermath" of the Commission case, New York's Mafia resurgence and "The Real Boss", up to "The Domino Effect" and the defection of the last sitting New York Boss, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino of the Bonanno Family. Includes the New York "Family Trees" and "Mafia Boss Succession". Over 80 years of mafia history, a must for all those interested in the New York Mafia or La Cosa Nostra.

    • by kaufman930
      Sep 26, 2018

      Good read

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: betterworldbooks

    • by uLiBw_uhTmm@Deleted
      May 16, 2011

      Best book ever on the Itlian Mafia. Wish I was part of a family.

      Its the best book to read about the Itlian Mafia. From their origins to the present day. I really did love reading about the Godfathers from the old days, they were the best.

    • by 7s9wsQTUSCS@Deleted
      Apr 10, 2007

      A must have

      The five Families are very informative. The book cover s the families indepth. This is a more of a general knowledge book.

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