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Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, the boss of New York's Lucchese crime family, was a Mafia superstar, responsible for more than fifty murders. Currently serving thirteen life sentences at a federal prison in Colorado, Casso has given journalist and New York Times bestselling author Philip Carlo the most intimate, personal look into the world of La Cosa Nostra ever seen. By pure happenstance, Casso had lived next door to the family of young Philip Carlo, who...
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A.A. Knopf
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1997
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English
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The loyalty between two brothers is put to the test in New York City in the 1980s when Billy Adare, a young man on his way to law school, comes to work in the old neighborhood for the summer on a construction crew controlled by the Irish mob and its henchman Paddy Adare.
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(Victoria E.).Gaslight mystery volume 23
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"When midwife Sarah and detective Frank Malloy's friend and new partner Gino Donatelli is accused of murder, he and Sarah must catch the real killer to keep him alive. . . . A young woman is missing in the upper Manhattan neighborhood called Italian Harlem, and everyone knows whoʼs responsible--the Black Hand, a notorious group known for terrorizing their own community with violence and kidnappings. Gino and Frank set out to learn more about the...
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"Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and found success in New York, rising up through poverty and battling extreme racism to become the ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community. A racketeer and a bootlegger, Saint-Clair dedicated her wealth...
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Paramount Home Entertainment
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2010
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English
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Presents the beginning of the three-film saga of the Corleone crime family, portraying patriarch Vito's immigration to America and rise to power, and balancing the story between the Corleones' family life and the crime business in which they are engaged.
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