Download or read book Mafia Son written by Sandra Harmon and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scarpas were a Mafia dynasty led by Greg Scarpa Sr, so notorious for his addiction to violence and murder that he was nicknamed 'The Grim Reaper.' His son, Gregory Jr., a promising young athlete, worshipped his ruthless and manipulative father, and slowly he was drawn into his father's dark world. What no one but father and son knew was that for thirty years, starting in the 1960s, Scarpa Sr. was an informant, working intimately with FBI handlers. For decades, his connection to the FBI - including the much-publicized agent Lin DeVecchio - protected him, granting him a virtual license to kill. However, when faced with arrest in the late 1980s, Scarpa asked his son to leave his wife and children, and take the fall for his father. In 1995, after years in prison, Gregory Jr. was transferred to Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan and re-indicted on superseding charges. There he was imprisoned alongside Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and made a deal with the government to get information from Yousef in exchange for leniency. A year later, he furnished the feds with detailed intelligence on what would eventually result in the September 11 attacks. But, incredibly, Gregor's desperate warnings were unheeded, and he was sentenced to forty-years-to-life in isolation at the notorious ADMAX, the most secure federal prison in the country, in Florence, Colorado. There, he would supply the FBI with intelligence on Oklahoma City bomber and fellow prisoner Terry Nichols. Again, his contribution was ignored, and Gregory remains at ADMAX, where he believes he will one day be murdered. This is an unforgettable story of growing up in a Mafia world of random violence, wealth, glamour, and sex. A world where a man's word is both everything - and nothing.
Download or read book Mafia Son written by Sandra Harmon and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scarpas were a Mafia dynasty led by Greg Scarpa Sr., a man so addicted to killing that he was nicknamed “The Grim Reaper.” His son, Gregory Jr., was slowly drawn into his father’s dark world. What only father and son knew was that for thirty years, starting in the 1960s, Scarpa Sr. was an informant for the FBI. Then, faced with arrest two decades later, Greg dropped the time on his own son. Gregory Jr. was imprisoned alongside terrorist Ramzi Yousef. He offered to trade information on Yousef with the government in exchange for leniency, providing detailed intelligence on what would eventually result in the September 11attacks. His warnings were ignored, and he was sentenced to forty years to life in prison, where he remains. A story that gained national notoriety, this is an “enthralling look at ties between the Mafia and the FBI” (Booklist).
Download or read book Son of the Mob written by Gordon Korman and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vince Luca is just like any other high school guy. His best friend, Alex, is trying to score vicariously through him; his brother is a giant pain; and his father keeps bugging him to get motivated. There is just one thing that really sets him apart for other kids-his father happens to be the head of a powerful crime organization. Needless to say, while Vince's family's connections can be handy for certain things (like when teachers are afraid to give him a bad grade), they can put a serious crimp in his dating life. How is he supposed to explain to a girl what his father does for a living? But when Vince meets a girl who finally seems to be worth the trouble, her family turns out to be the biggest problem of all. Because her father is an FBI agent-the one who wants to put his father away for good.
Download or read book Mafia Son written by Sandra Harmon and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable story of growing up in a Mafia world of wealth, glamour, sex and random violence - a unique 'insiders' view of the most notorious criminal organisation in the world.
Download or read book Sons of Mafia written by Ed Frederico and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sons of Mafia . . . WHAT A READ! I absolutely could not put this book down and even though the subject matter is dark and serious, Ed Frederico's flair for humor and sensuality makes this book unique and most definitely one of a kind. This book gets my A+ Rating. Richard Bell, Las Vegas, NV UNBELIEVABLE, this book comes to life and spins a web of not only Love and Intrigue, but also of Treachery and Deceit. The author writes with superior intellect and a keen understanding of the human condition. The book is bigger than life because "It is real life." John Arn, New Hampshire Wow! This is the first Novel I've ever read I could not put down. Rick Solitz Fresno, CA The Author, Ed Frederico, illustrates quite thoughtfully the predicament of birth: How Eddie D'Amico struggles to maintain his love and humanity. Because of the circumstance of birth, although born an innocent he is placed into a world of crime, treachery, and betrayal. This book takes off like a rocket with all its thrust and power. Sons of Mafia is such a Powerhouse! The book is impossible to put down, and this experience allows us to take an inside look into the strange world of Money, Greed, and Death. Jamal Argrow, Savannah, GA In Sons of Mafia, although there is explicit raw sex, the author has the unique ability to soften and add the human touch of passion with great Sensitivity, Care, and Good Taste. Come experience an unusual journey through the forbidden world of life inside the mafia where you will be allowed to travel first class. Ed Frederico gives the reader his inside view as never before experienced. Not only will you be able to see the inner workings of the families' business but also the inner workings of family life and how the dangerous decisions needed to be made affected everyone involved. Joel Jen Busch, Detroit, MI
Download or read book Operation Family Secrets written by Frank Calabrese, Jr. and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chilling true story of how the son of the most violent mobster in Chicago helped bring down the last great American crime syndicate: the one-hundred-year-old Chicago Outfit. In Operation Family Secrets, Frank Calabrese, Jr. reveals for the first time the outfit’s “made” ceremony and describes being put to work alongside his father and uncle in loan sharking, gambling, labor racketeering, and extortion. As members of the outfit, they plotted the slaying of a fellow gangster, committed the bombing murder of a trucking executive, the gangland execution of two mobsters—whose burial in an Indiana cornfield was reenacted in Martin Scorsese’s blockbuster film Casino—and numerous other hits. The Calabrese Crew’s colossal earnings and extreme ruthlessness made them both a dreaded criminal gang and the object of an intense FBi inquiry. When Frank Jr., his father, and Uncle Nick are convicted on racketeering violations, “Junior” and “Senior” are sent to the same federal penitentiary in Michigan. It's there that Frank Jr. makes the life-changing decision to go straight. But he needs to keep his father behind bars in order to regain control of his life and save his family. So Frank Jr. makes a secret deal with prosecutors, and for six months—unmonitored and unprotected—he wears a wire as his father recounts decades of hideous crimes. Frank Jr.’s cooperation with the FBI for virtually no monetary gain or special privileges helped create the government’s “Operation Family Secrets” campaign against the Chicago outfit, which reopened eighteen unsolved murders, implicated twelve La Cosa Nostra soldiers and two outfit bosses, and became one of the largest organized crime cases in U.S. history. Operation Family Secrets intimately portrays how organized crime rots a family from the inside out while detailing Frank Jr.’s deadly prison-yard mission, the FBI’s landmark investigation, and the U.S. attorney’s office’s daring prosecution of America’s most dangerous criminal organization.
Download or read book Godfather Of Night written by Kevin Pappas and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in Tarpon Springs, Florida - the seaside headquarters of the Greek mafia - Kevin Cunningham fell in love with Greek culture and hoped to become part of it. But when he was seventeen his world turned upside-down: from his deathbed, the man he'd always called dad told him he was the illegitimate son of the local crime boss. When Kevin's attempts to gain recognition from his real father failed, he entered into a life of crime, adopting the family name and quickly escalating from swindling tourists to moving cocaine, gun running and racketeering. Having squared off against the FBI and the DEA, and with most of his crew dead, Kevin was locked up on two consecutive life terms. But that's only the beginning of the story - from helping authorities capture major criminals, outwitting the system, and ultimately finding redemption, Kevin's story will leave true crime buffs shaking their heads.
Download or read book On the Run written by Gregg Hill and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The children of notorious Mafia wiseguy and informant Henry Hill-the real-life subject of Goodfellas-tell their own story of danger, hurt, and family in this extraordinary account of growing up with an out-of-control father in the federal witness protection program. Henry Hill's business partner, Jimmy Burke, has whacked every person who could possibly implicate him in the infamous Lufthansa robbery at JFK airport. On his way to prison, lifelong gangster Henry is given two options: sleep with the fishes, or enter the FBI's Witness Protection Program. Unfortunately for his children Gregg and Gina, they're dragged along for the ride. Like nomads, they're forced to wander from state to state, constantly inventing new names and finding new friends, only to abandon them at a moment's notice. They live under constant fear of being found and killed. But Henry, the rock Gregg and Gina so desperately need, is a heavy cocaine user and knows only the criminal life. He is soon up to his old tricks and consistently putting their identities in jeopardy. And so it continues until the kids, now almost grown, can no longer ignore that the Mob might be less of a threat to them than remaining under the roof of their increasingly unbalanced father.
Download or read book For the Sins of My Father written by Albert DeMeo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-09-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A suspenseful, emotionally charged real-life Sopranos: The son of New York's most notorious Mafia killer reveals the conflicted life he led being raised by a cold-blooded murderer, who was also a devoted family man, and the wrenching legacy of Mafia family life. Al DeMeo will never forget the day in 1992 when a coworker, a fellow trader at the New York Stock Exchange, taunted him with a copy of the hot new book Murder Machine, chronicling the horrific criminal life of DeMeo's father, Roy, the head of the most deadly gang in organized crime. The moment sent DeMeo into a psychological tailspin: How could he have spent his life looking up to, and loving, a vicious killer? For the Sins of My Father recounts the chilling rise and fall of the man who led the Gambino family's most fearsome killers and thieves, through the eyes of a son who had never known any other kind of life. Coming of age in an opulent Long Island house where money is abundant but its source is unclear, Al becomes Roy's confidant, sent to call in loans at age fourteen and gradually coming to understand his father's job description--loan shark, car thief, porn purveyor and, above all, murderer. But when Al is seventeen, Roy's body is found in the trunk of a car, a gangland slaying that places Al between federal prosecutors seeking his testimony and a mob crew determined to keep him quiet. Desperate to abide by the father-son bond, but equally determined to escape his father's dangerous and doomed life, Al Demeo embarks on a courageous quest for the truth, reconciliation, and honor. With the implacable narrative drive of a thriller and the power of a painfully honest memoir, For the Sins of My Father presents a startling and unprecedented perspective on the underworld of organized crime, exposing for the first time the cruel legacy of a Mafia life.
Download or read book Mobfather written by George Anastasia and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Don t Fall for the Mob Boss Son a Clean Second Chance Mafia Romance written by Palmer King and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody deserves a second chance... except for him. Gino Ricci is the last person Amelia expects to see when she arrives at the police station ready to defend her newest client, who just so happens to be Gino's father. They haven't seen each other since college and things between them didn't quite end on a good note.When the two realize that they'll have to work together to save his dad from going to prison, neither is very happy. But the one thing these opposites have in common is their sense of loyalty, when duty calls, they answer. This is not going to be easy. Gino and his family have a secret that even Amelia can't know. Will the secret that tore Amelia and Gino apart before keep them from a second chance now? Don't Fall for the Mob Boss' Son is a second chance, clean and sweet romance. As always, a happy ever after ending is guaranteed. Enjoy!
Download or read book Deal with the Devil written by Peter Lance and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Deal with the Devil, five-time Emmy Award–winning investigative reporter Peter Lance draws on three decades of once-secret FBI files to tell the definitive story of Greg Scarpa Sr., a Mafia capo who “stopped counting” after fifty murders, while secretly betraying the Colombo crime family as a Top Echelon FBI informant. Lance traces Scarpa’s shadowy relationship with the FBI all the way back to 1960, when his debriefings went straight to J. Edgar Hoover. In forty-two years of murder and racketeering, Scarpa served only thirty days in jail thanks to his secret relationship with the Feds. This is the untold story that will rewrite Mafia history as we know it —a page-turning work of journalism that reads like a Scorsese film. Deal with the Devil includes more than 130 illustrations, crime scene photos, and never-before-seen FBI documents.
Download or read book The Year I Stopped to Notice written by Miranda Keeling and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is a delight ... the world is full of little surprises, momentary little fountains of pleasure and beauty, that could be visible to all of us if we learned to stop and notice as Miranda Keeling does.' Philip Pullman 'An odd, beautiful book ... Buy an extra copy to give to someone you love.' Neil Gaiman January: A man walking along Caledonian Road falls over onto the huge roll of bubble wrap he is hugging, perhaps for just this sort of situation. Inspired by her popular Twitter account, The Year I Stopped to Notice brings together Miranda Keeling's observations of the magic, humour, strangeness and beauty in ordinary life. Through the changing seasons, on city streets and on buses, in parks and cafes, Miranda notices things: moments between friends, the interactions of strangers, children delighting in the world around them, the quiet melancholy of lost items on the pavement. Accompanied by stunning watercolour illustrations from Luci Power, Miranda's poetic vignettes take us on journeys of discovery and share with us the joy of stopping to notice. September: On a sweltering, packed rush-hour train, my arm suddenly feels lovely and cool, and I look down to see a shopping bag held by the woman beside me - full of just-bought cartons of milk.
Download or read book Tough Jews written by Rich Cohen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning writer Rich Cohen excavates the real stories behind the legend of infamous criminal enforcers Murder, Inc. and contemplates the question: Where did the tough Jews go? In 1930s Brooklyn, there lived a breed of men who now exist only in legend and in the memories of a few old-timers: Jewish gangsters, fearless thugs with nicknames like Kid Twist Reles and Pittsburgh Phil Strauss. Growing up in Brownsville, they made their way from street fights to underworld power, becoming the execution squad for a national crime syndicate. Murder Inc. did for organized crime what Henry Ford did for the automobile, and Tough Jews is the first in-depth portrait of these men, a thrilling glimpse at the muscle that made possible the success of gangster statesmen such as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, and Lucky Luciano. For Rich Cohen, who grew up in suburban Illinois in the 1980s taunted by the stereotype of Jews as book-reading rule followers, the very idea of the Jewish gangster was a relief; for once, a Jew in jail did not have to be a white collar criminal. With a clear eye and a comic sensibility, Cohen looks beyond the blood and ultimately encounters each of these ruthless killers’ matzo-ball heart. Tough Jews shows what can happen when a member of the tribe combines brains, heart, and a dangerous determination never to back down.
Download or read book The Italian Son written by N J Adel and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am the villain, the psycho, the monster. And I'm obsessed with the woman that shattered me to pieces and married my father. He's left me to pay for all his mistakes with blood, pain, loneliness and heartache while he lives like a king and gets the girl MY GIRL War is in order. Sins of the father never die. I'll fight to the last drop of my blood, but I vow I won't be the only one bleeding. The finale is here. Are you ready? The Italian Son is a DARK Mafia Romance and the finale of the Mafia world in The Italians series. This is Leo's book and CANNOT be read as a standalone. You have to, at least, read The Italian Dom and preferably The Italian Obsession and Savage Crown first. One-Click now. Reading Order 1-The Italian Marriage (standalone and can be read in any order) 2-The Italian Obsession (standalone and can be read in any order) 3-The Italian Dom (duet, better read AFTER The Italian Obsession) 3.5-Savage Crown (standalone novella better read BETWEEN The Italian Dom and The Italian Son) 4-The Italian Son (duet, MUST be read AFTER The Italian Dom) Spin-off non Mafia books 1- The Italian Heartthrob (standalone, better read BEFORE The Italian Obsession) 2- The Italian Happy Ever After (standalone, better read AFTER The Italian Son) Read them all now
Download or read book Mafia Prince written by Phil Leonetti and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MONEY, MURDER, AND MACHIAVELLIAN MAYHEM . . . CONTAINS A NEW EPILOGUE Mafia Prince is the first person account of one of the most brutal eras in Mafia history -- "Little Nicky" Scarfo's reign as boss of the Philadelphia family in the 1980s -- written by Scarfo's underboss and nephew, "Crazy Phil" Leonetti. The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 33, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent breakup of the traditional American Mafia in the 1980s when he infiltrated Atlantic City after gambling was legalized, and later turned state's evidence against his own. His testimony led directly to the convictions of dozens of high-ranking men including John Gotti, Vincent Gigante, and the downfall of his own uncle, Nick Scarfo -- sparking the beginning of the end of La Cosa Nostra (the insiders' term for the Mafia, translated as "This Thing of Ours").
Download or read book Chasing the Mafia written by Sergi, Anna and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘ndrangheta – the Calabrian region of Italy’s mafia – is one of wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. It is considered Italy’s most powerful mafia; it’s not only the main object of concern for anti-mafia units in Italy, but also for joint investigative teams in Europe and beyond. Combining autobiography, travel ethnography, memoir, academic rigour and investigative journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the ‘ndrangheta, taking the reader to small villages and locations in Italy and abroad to Australia, Canada, United States and Argentina.
