| International Standard Book Number |
1639367489 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781639367481 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Ferrante, Louis, author.
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| Title Statement |
Borgata : a history of the American Mafia. Volume 2, Clash of titans / Louis Ferrante.
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| Edition Statement |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Pegasus Books, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Series Statement |
Borgata trilogy ; bk. 02
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-409) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Politics and power. Father and sons ; The runt of the litter ; The Brother Act versus the brotherhood ; A paranoid schizophrenic with homicidal tendencies ; Atypical ambassadors ; Faustian bargains ; The chairman and leader ; The big little man ; The jungles of Central America ; A strategic alliance ; The bay of betrayal ; James Bond, Three Stooges, and a comedian -- Rebellion. A king's ransom ; Sleeping with the fish ; Mistaken identity? ; He is going to be hit ; Conspiracy and cover-up ; Missiles and whistles ; Master of intrigue ; Sparky from Chicago ; The hit heard round the world ; Silenced ; The exhaustive report ; It ain't goin' nowhere -- War. Banana split ; Martin Luther King with a pinky ring ; Disunity day ; Sticking his head in the noose -- Reckonings. The return of Bobby and Hoffa ; Where's Hoffa? ; Convenient corpses -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"This epic history of the mafia continues through the 1960s and 1970s, as the mob comes into conflict with the American political elite and confronts internal wars that shake the organization to its foundations. The first hundred years of the American mafia's existence would come to be seen as a golden age. From small-town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas, the mob had expanded and consolidated their power until their influence touched almost every aspect of American society. But in the 1960s, everything changed. In Borgata: Clash of Titans, the second volume in former mafia associate Louis Ferrante's groundbreaking Borgata trilogy, readers discover for the first time the true scale of the conflicts that rocked the organization between the 1960s and 1970s. From Robert F. Kennedy's personal crusade against the mafia to covert assassinations, betrayal by government informants, and full blown insurrections, we follow the mafia from the apex of their power to their descent into civil war. This story takes place against the backdrop of a changing America, where shadowy CIA conspiracies, brutal Justice Department battles, and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI all leave their mark on the mafia tale. In his trademark authoritative style, Ferrante's inside history sheds new light on men so powerful they have since become household names: Jimmy Hoffa, Crazy Joe Gallo, Carlo Gambino, and many more."-- Inside book jacket flap.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mafia History. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Organized crime History. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Crime History. United States
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