 | The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer by Philip Carlo
Buy used from: $7.62 This is a graphic expose on the man who was probably the most prolific hit man in known history. It is absolutely graphic & the reader is left with no doubt that Richard Kuklinski was absolutely soul-less. He was closer to some type of animal rather than some type of human. You will have to talk to someone after reading this gripping tale.
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 | Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family by Joaquin "Jack" Garcia
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.70 The true story of FBI agent Jack Garcia who not only goes undercover in the mafia but goes undercover w multiple identities
on multiple cases
*SIMULTANEOUSLY!*. Weighing at times close to 400 lbs the FBI keeps cancelling his physicals
winds up getting medical insurance through a phony Mafia union company
gets a physical
finds out he has a serious heart problem
and his life is saved
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 | The Good Rat: A True Story (P.S.) by Jimmy Breslin
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $0.75 True story of a Mafia inside associate who admittedly becomes something he loathes
a rat! The trial is covered by Breslin, who writes like only he can. Hes from the neighborhood & used to drink w some of the Mafia players. This story covers among other things the detailed workings of the MAFIA-COP-KILLERS. Actual New York cops that were paid to murder people by the Mafia.
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 | Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T. J. English
Buy new: $20.12 / Used from: $2.48 In addition to learning about the Mafia in Cuba
it is very educational regarding the pre-Castro and post-Castro Cuba. Also of interest is the fact that a Jew
Meyer Lansky
was not only the brainchild of the Mafias operation in Cuba
but he was also the leader
and this is despite the fact that to become a made-man in the Mafia you need to be 100% Italian.
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 | Unlocked: A Journey from Prison to Proust by Louis Ferrante
Buy new: $19.72 / Used from: $0.71 This is a Mafia book about a SOLDIER not a boss
which makes it unique in the category of most Mafia books. the author retraces his life from petty criminal to valued Mafia money maker. There is redemption in this tale. Ferrante did not become a rat, but while in prison started reading everything he could get his hands on. He changed his life
converted to Judaism
and became an Orthodox Jew.
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 | Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob by Bob Delaney
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $1.46 Current NBA referee Bob Delaney and a former New Jersey State Trooper went undercover in the Mafia longer than anyone except for Donny Brasco. His name was Bobby Covert. Youll learn what it feels like to never know if one minor slip-up will get you whacked.
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 | Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss by Philip Carlo
Buy new: $19.72 / Used from: $3.89 ANTHONY GASPIPE CASSO, FORMER HEAD OF THE LUCCHESE CRIME FAMILY IS CURRENTLY SERVING *THIRTEEN* CONSECUTIVE LIFE-SENTENCES PLUS 455 YEARS IN THE ADX FLORENCE PRISON, THE SUPERMAX PRISON IN FLORENCE, COLORADO. Gaspipes story is detailed from birth to his current state. Despite being the epitome of OLD-SCHOOL-MAFIA he embarrassed himself by becoming a RAT in the end.
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 | Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business by Joseph D. Pistone
Buy used from: $2.95 Donnie Brascos real name is Joe Pistone. He spent more time undercover in the Mafia than any FBI agent in history. The movie that was made was great
but this book reveals all the things he couldnt tell in the movie because he was still involved in testifying in a myriad of Mafia cases. Now he can tell it all
and he does.
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 | Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia by Peter Maas
Buy new: $12.59 / Used from: $2.47 This book is about the **RATS**
**RAT**
Sammy The Bull Gravano. This former tough guy turned into the most despicable rat of them all
and he has the gall to write about it. Little kids are taught by their Fathers not to tattle on their little friends
this spineless former tough guy
defamed manhood on both sides of the law!
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 | The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer by Chris Blatchford
Buy new: $18.68 / Used from: $4.00 El Emeh (M) **THE MEXICAN MAFIA**. Today: 2008: The Mexican Mafia is the largest organized crime problem in America. 100,000 members. Absolute ruthless murderers! Unfortunately for the *CARNALS*
they kill each other as unemotionally as they kill outsiders.
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 | The Mafia and the Machine: The Story of the Kansas City Mob by Frank R. Hayde
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $5.88 Most people dont think of Kansas City when they think of the Mafia, but it was one of the strongholds. Watch Casino and The Godfather again and youll notice that Kansas City is prominent. Extremely fascinating look into the power of the mob not only in the alleys but in politics. An interesting insight into President Truman.
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