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Contents

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Introduction

I Amorte…He Deserved It

II Those Dirty Black Hand Ginzos

III Buona Sera, Signore

IV Ambush at Sagaman’s Hall

V The Godfather Is Thinking of Retirement—But Not Just Yet

VI Shootout at Stauch’s Dance Hall

VII Charleston Eddie’s Last Sunday Matinee Flick

VIII Furman Street Finale

IX A Botched Job

X Robbing Hood a Robin Hood

XI Always Kill a Brother for Revenge

XII Mistaken Identity

XIII One for My Father

XIV Two More for Papa

XV Wild Bill Lovett, R.I.P.

XVI The Price War

XVII The Year of Vesuvius

XVIII New Heights of Power

XVIX The Adonis Club Christmas Massacre

XX “We’ll See Them, Kid…”

XXI Scarface Al Capone: King of the Underworld

XXII The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

XXIII The Last Days of Scarface Al

XXIV The Castellammarese War

XXV The Rise, The Reign, and Fall of Charles “Lucky” Luciano

XXVI From Luciano to Genovese to Costello—and an Intimate Glimpse into Yet Another Underworld Hit

XXVII Thomas E. Dewey: A Racket-Buster without Flair or Flamboyance…But with Lots of Clout

XXVIII The Half Moon Hop: A Very Last Word on How Abe Reles Really Died

XXIX The Untold Story; Why and How Tom Dewey Gave Lucky Luciano a Walk

XXX Vito Genovese Is Back and Wants Frank Costello’s Scalp

XXXI Now Genovese Aims for Albert Anastasia’s Scalp

XXXII The Gallo-Profaci War

XXXIII The Banana War: Joe Invents the Unique Bunk-Bed Coffin—The Ultimate Wrinkle in Getting Rid of Bodies

XXXIV The Colombo-Gallo War

XXXV The Nixon Administration and the Mafia

XXXVI The Mafia’s Hold on the United States

XXXVII The Pizza Connection; Hold the Pepperoni, Heavy on the Heroin, and Thick on the Dough

XXXVIII The Giuliani Offensive

Afterword

Index