Apr 2010 The Mafia has long held a spot in the American imagination. Despite their earned reputation for brutality, the Mafia has been glorified in countless movies, books, and television shows. Not so in this book. Selwyn Raab makes no attempt to perpetuate myths about the Mafia; instead, he expose
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
β Scribed by Raab, Selwyn
- Book ID
- 108253582
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780312300944
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