Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

Written by:
Selwyn Raab
Narrated by:
Paul Costanzo

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
40
Narrator
3
Release Date
October 2015
Duration
33 hours 58 minutes
Summary
Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo, and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals, and generational changes that produced violent, unreliable leaders and recruits. A twenty-year assault against the five families in particular blossomed into the most successful law enforcement campaign of the last century.
Selwyn Raab's Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons, from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and more. The book also brings the listener right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime.
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Donnacha F.

Excellent Book, all you need to know about the New York mafia. Engrossing

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