New York City Gangland

by Nash, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780738573144
• ISBN10: 0738573140
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-28
• Publisher: Arcadia Pub

Summary

Throughout the United States, there is no single major metropolitan area more closely connected to organized crime's rapid ascendancy on a national scale than New York City. In 1920, upon the advent of Prohibition, Gotham's shadowy underworld began evolving from strictly regional and often rag-tag street gangs into a sophisticated worldwide syndicate that was--like the chocolate egg crème--incubated within the confines of its five boroughs. New York City Gangland offers an unparalleled collection of rarely circulated images, many appearing courtesy of exclusive law enforcement sources, in addition to the private albums of indigenous racketeering figures such as Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Al "Scarface" Capone, Joe "The Boss" Masseria, "Crazy" Joe Gallo, and John Gotti.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
Rags to Riches: Lessons of Prohibition	p. 9
Blood on Velvet: Making Crime Pay	p. 29
Guns and Gelt: The Kosher Nostra	p. 41
Causing a Racket: The Mob Branches Out	p. 65
Overexposed: Faces of Apalachin	p. 89
The Godfather Game: Gangland Jumps the Shark	p. 107
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