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.
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HistoryAuthor Louis Ferrante Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 9781474604291 EAN 9781474604291 Bic Code BTC|HBLX Cover Hardback
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