Carl Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia (Repost)
Carl Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia
ISBN: 0816038570 | edition 1999 | CHM | 414 pages | 15 mb
ISBN: 0816038570 | edition 1999 | CHM | 414 pages | 15 mb
They're all there, starting with Anthony Joseph Accardo (1906-1992), the Chicago mob leader known as Tony to crime pals, Mr. Accardo to underlings, Joe Batters to his subordinates, and as "having more brains before breakfast than Al Capone had all day" to syndicate supporters, and working through the alphabet to Abner "Longy" Zwillman (1899-1959), a crime-syndicate founder and New Jersey boss, one of the most feared of the Jewish Mafia, known as the "Al Capone of new Jersey," and much revered for his love affair with Jean Harlow.