Full name: Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family

Author: John H. Davis Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: True crime, Non Fiction, Mystery, Crime, History, Biographies Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780061091841 0061091847

The Gambinos--they arrived in America from Sicily when the `20's roared with bootleg liquor. For thirty years they fought a bloody battle for control of New York's underworld to emerge as the nation's richest and most powerful crime family. Now Mafia expert John H. Davis tells their compelling inside story. Here are the chilling details and deceptions that created a vast criminal empire. Here are six decades of the uncontrolled greed and lust for power of such men as Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and John Gotti--men for whom murder and betrayal were business as usual. From the Gambinos' powerful stranglehold on New York's construction, garment, and waterfront industries to the government's onslaught against them in the `80s and `90s, Mafia Dynasty takes you into the mysterious world of blood oaths, shifting alliances, and deadly feuds that will hold you riveted from the first page to the last. Similar books: The Valachi Papers by Peter Maas Five Families by Selwyn Raab Takedown by Rick Cowan Boss of Bosses by Joseph F. O'Brien The Good Rat by Jimmy Breslin American Mafia by Thomas Reppetto Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi Casino by Nicholas Pileggi Underboss by Peter Maas The Ice Man by Philip Carlo Double Cross by Chuck Giancana Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone Doctor Dealer by Mark Bowden Hell's Princess by Harold Schechter American Kingpin by Nick Bilton Furious Hours by Casey Cep The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese Ghosts of Mississippi by Maryanne Vollers Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger