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Five Families, September 2005
Hardcover

FIVE FAMILIES
By: Selwyn Raab

"A classic piece of reporting by a man who knows the bloody, brutal, corrupt territory."--Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes

Thomas Dunne Books
September 2005
784 pages
ISBN: 0312300948
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals and generational changes that produced violent and unreliable leaders and recruits. A twenty year assault against the five families in particular blossomed into the most successful law enforcement campaign of the last century. Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and more. The book also brings the reader right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime.

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Fresh Air - NPR - November 17, 2006
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