Borgata : a history of the American mafia. Vol. 1, Rise of empire
Ferrante, Louis2024
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Historians have previously glazed over the mafia's formative years. In this volume, Ferrante explores its Sicilian roots, before following a cast of larger-than-life characters who arrived as fugitives on American shores. Through these and other lives - including legendary mobsters Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Seigel - Ferrante tells the extraordinary story of the mafia's rise in America, as they provided alcohol during Prohibition, created the gambling mecca Las Vegas and practically took over the island of Cuba.
Main title:
Borgata : a history of the American mafia. Vol. 1, Rise of empire / Louis Ferrante.
Author:
Ferrante, Louis, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024.
Collation:
xv, 384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Cover title.Originally published: 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474604314 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
364.106097364.106364.1060973
Language:
English
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BRN:
2854662