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| decavalcante family tree: Made Men Greg B. Smith, 2003-02-04 For years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New York—the likes of the Gambinos and the Columbos. Dismissed by the big-city capos, the DeCavalcantes finally came into their own when they found their lives mirrored in the television hit, The Sopranos. Overnight it legitimized the made men of the Garden State. Now they were a familia to be reckoned with. Unfortunately with high profile came high risk. As member turned against member, as trusted friend turned terrified informant, the FBI put the brakes on the DeCavalcante’s explosive ride into infamy, hastening a fall from honor that would become as infamous as their notorious ascension into the annals of organized crime. Based on more than 1,000 hours of secretly recorded conversations, Made Men delivers for the first time, the unprecedented and completely uncensored behind-the-scenes truth of a historically clandestine world—of violent life and sudden death inside and outside the mob, told by the very men who made it. |
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| decavalcante family tree: Elizabeth Street Laurie Fabiano, 2011 Elizabeth Street is both a fascinating immigrant story and an intimate portrait of how a first-generation American--and the author’s own great-grandmother--outwits one of the most brutal crime organizations of the early 20th century. |
| decavalcante family tree: Giovanni's Ring GIOVANNI. ROCCO, 2022-09-06 Giovanni's Ring is the story of Giovanni Rocco, a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as Giovanni Gatto, who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as the real Sopranos. Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy. That lethal assignment brought the undercover operation to an end in March 2015, and the resulting string of high-profile arrests eviscerated the criminal organization. |
| decavalcante family tree: The Mafia Encyclopedia Carl Sifakis, 2006 More than 500 alphabetical entries provide information on the people, places and events associated with the Mafia. |
| decavalcante family tree: Garden State Gangland Scott M. Deitche, 2019-05-15 Scott M. Deitche provides a historical examination of the rise of the mob in New Jersey, and the influence it had not only on the Garden State and New York metro region but the country as a whole. |
| decavalcante family tree: In the Godfather Garden Richard Linnett, 2013-04-01 In the Godfather Garden is the true story of the life of Richie “the Boot” Boiardo, one of the most powerful and feared men in the New Jersey underworld. The Boot cut his teeth battling the Jewish gang lord Abner Longy Zwillman on the streets of Newark during Prohibition and endured to become one of the East Coast’s top mobsters, his reign lasting six decades. To the press and the police, this secretive Don insisted he was nothing more than a simple man who enjoyed puttering about in his beloved vegetable garden on his Livingston, New Jersey, estate. In reality, the Boot was a confidante and kingmaker of politicians, a friend of such celebrities as Joe DiMaggio and George Raft, an acquaintance of Joseph Valachi—who informed on the Boot in 1963—and a sworn enemy of J. Edgar Hoover. The Boot prospered for more than half a century, remaining an active boss until the day he died at the age of ninety-three. Although he operated in the shadow of bigger Mafia names across the Hudson River (think Charles Lucky Luciano and Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, a cofounder of the Mafia killer squad Murder Inc. with Jacob “Gurrah” Shapiro), the Boot was equally as brutal and efficient. In fact, there was a mysterious place in the gloomy woods behind his lovely garden—a furnace where many thought the Boot took certain people who were never seen again. Richard Linnett provides an intimate look inside the Boot’s once-powerful Mafia crew, based on the recollections of a grandson of the Boot himself and complemented by never-before-published family photos. Chronicled here are the Prohibition gang wars in New Jersey as well as the murder of Dutch Schultz, a Mafia conspiracy to assassinate Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson, and the mob connections to several prominent state politicians. Although the Boot never saw the 1972 release of The Godfather, he appreciated the similarities between the character of Vito Corleone and himself, so much so that he hung a sign in his beloved vegetable garden that read “The Godfather Garden.” There’s no doubt he would have relished David Chase’s admission that his muse in creating the HBO series The Sopranos was none other than “Newark’s erstwhile Boiardo crew.” |
| decavalcante family tree: Columbus Avenue Boys David Carratura, 2012-04-17 Salvatore Esposito, Anthony Albanese, and Christopher Cameronthe Columbus Avenue Boysare somewhat related, as they share lineage back to before the turn of century. Having grown up together in a small community north of New York City, each became successful in his own right. Chris moved to Dallas to be a portfolio manager with a financial firm while Sal and Tony earn their living the hard wayby being enforcers and major earners for the mob. Tonys grandfather, Pops Scala, tells them a horrific secret from the Scalamarri family past: twelve members of their family were massacred at the hands of Bugsy Siegel and his ruthless gang from Murder Inc. in 1935. Pops was the sole witness and lone survivor, and he was more than happy to pull the trigger and end Bugsys murderous life. Now fifty years later, Pops convinces the Columbus Avenue Boys they must leave the underworld life for good. Since one cannot just give two weeks notice to the Gambino crime family, the three blood brothers devise a plan to infiltrate the inner workings of the Mafia in the 1990s to avenge the massacre in their family tree. Columbus Avenue Boys chronicles the Scalamarri family tree throughout the twentieth century and presents a historical perspective of the life and struggles of an Italian immigrant family as well as that of Americas organized crime. |
| decavalcante family tree: History of the Mafia Salvatore Lupo, 2009-07-01 When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones iconic actors and characters who give shady dealings a mythical pop presence. Yet these sensational depictions take us only so far. The true story of the Mafia reveals both an organization and mindset dedicated to the preservation of tradition. It is no accident that the rise of the Mafia coincided with the unification of Italy and the influx of immigrants into America. The Mafia means more than a horse head under the sheets it functions as an alternative to the state, providing its own social and political justice. Combining a nuanced history with a unique counternarrative concerning stereotypes of the immigrant, Salvatore Lupo, a leading historian of modern Italy and a major authority on its criminal history, has written the definitive account of the Sicilian Mafia from 1860 to the present. Consulting rare archival sources, he traces the web of associations, both illicit and legitimate, that have defined Cosa Nostra during its various incarnations. He focuses on several crucial periods of transition: the Italian unification of 1860 to 1861, the murder of noted politician Notarbartolo, fascist repression of the Mafia, the Allied invasion of 1943, social conflicts after each world war, and the major murders and trials of the 1980s. Lupo identifies the internal cultural codes that define the Mafia and places these codes within the context of social groups and communities. He also challenges the belief that the Mafia has grown more ruthless in recent decades. Rather than representing a shift from honorable crime to immoral drug trafficking and violence, Lupo argues the terroristic activities of the modern Mafia signify a new desire for visibility and a distinct break from the state. Where these pursuits will take the family adds a fascinating coda to Lupo's work. |
| decavalcante family tree: Mafia Made Anthony Caucci, Rebecca Caucci, 2020-04-15 “Amazing book … be sure to purchase Mafia Made!” –The Hype Magazine “The first time I saw a man brutally beaten and begging for his life, I was 5 years old. Weeks later, I found out he’d been shot in the head, stabbed eleven times, and nearly decapitated. He was like an uncle to me…” Growing up in Miami in the 1980s, Anthony Caucci learned early on that things weren’t always what they seemed. Some of his earliest memories were doing the rounds of local Mob bars with his father, collecting tips from wise guys, keeping track of the sports bets, and learning how the Mafia operated. It didn’t take long before Caucci was ready to step out on his own—and there was plenty of opportunity in the fast-paced, cocaine-fueled underworld of South Florida’s organized crime families. Caucci quickly established himself as one of the savviest players in the world’s most dangerous game. Before he could legally buy a drink, he was doing business with the Colombian Cartel, smuggling cocaine into the United States and building his own empire, all while outwitting the police, working his connections with the Mafia, and making more money than he could spend. When he got too big, the feds vowed to bring him down, no matter what it took. They leaned on his friends and family, followed him day and night, and broke any law that stood in their way. But with a cool head and powerful contacts, Caucci stayed just one step ahead. After yet another narrow escape—this time with 50 kilos in his trunk—Caucci knew his time was up…and you’ll never believe what he did. |
| decavalcante family tree: Who Shakes the Money Tree? George Thayer, 1974 |
| decavalcante family tree: This Music Leaves Stains James Greene Jr., 2013-02-14 Few bands in the past three decades have proven as affecting or exciting as the Misfits, the ferocious horror punk outfit that lurked in the shadows of suburban New Jersey and released a handful of pivotal underground recordings during their brief, tumultuous time together. Led by Glenn Danzig, a singer possessed of vision and blessed with an incredible baritone, the Misfits pioneered a death rock sound that would reverberate through the various musical subgenres that sprung up in their wake. This Music Leaves Stains now presents the full story behind the Misfits and their ubiquitous, haunting skull logo, a story of unique talent, strange timing, clashing personalities, and incredible music that helped shape rock as we know it today. James Greene, Jr., maps this narrative from the band's birth at the tail end of the original punk movement through their messy dissolve at the dawn of the 1980s right on through the legal warring and inexplicable reunions that helped carry the band into the 21st century. Music junkies of any stripe will surely find themselves engrossed in this saga that finally pieces together the full story of the greatest horror punk band that ever existed, though Misfits fans will truly marvel at the thorough and detailed approach James Greene, Jr. has taken in outlining the rise, fall, resurrection, and influence of New Jersey's most frightening musical assembly. |
| decavalcante family tree: Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States Robert J. Kelly, 2000-04-30 Covers major underworld figures and key criminal events as well as the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra, African American organized crime, Chinese triads, the Colombian drug cartels, ecocrime, Russian organized crime, and Latin gangs. |
| decavalcante family tree: Wild Tales from the Police Blotter Charles James Sullivan, 2008 |
| decavalcante family tree: The Sopranos Sessions Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, David Chase, 2019-01-08 On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. Celebrating one of the greatest television series of all time, the New York Times bestseller The Sopranos Sessions is a must-have for any fan of the groundbreaking show. Renowned television critics Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall, who were among the first to write about The Sopranos for New Jersey’s Star-Ledger, reunite to produce this comprehensive collection. The book features detailed recaps, insightful conversations, and critical essays covering every episode of the series. Dive deep into the artistry, themes, and legacy of The Sopranos with long-form interviews with series creator David Chase and highlights from the authors’ writings. Explore the show’s portrayal of Italian Americans, its graphic depictions of violence, and its deep connections to other cinematic and television classics. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the series, The Sopranos Sessions offers a rich, engaging exploration of the show that paved the way for the very best of modern prestige television. “This amazing book by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz has bigger twists than anything I could ever come up with.” —Sam Esmail, creator of Mr. Robot |
| decavalcante family tree: Skinflicks David Jennings, 2000 So much happens to all of us every day, yet so much is often forgotten. It is easier to remember things when they rhyme; both the momentous moments and the simple ones. Life is not always an adventure. Often it is ordinary occasions and the common place events that bring us the greatest joy. Stop always looking for the next big thing, beacuse more often than not, life is just the next thing. And that next thing is what life is all about. Every rhyme contains a story; some are sincere, some are funny, some are sad, and some are reflective. There is a lesson, a moral, a tale, a smile, or a tear in every single one. They all rhyme for a reason. |
| decavalcante family tree: The French Connection Robin Moore, 2003-09 The true, absorbing and sometimes frightening documentary of the world's most successful narcotics investigation, The French Connection is one of the most fascinating crime accounts of our time. When New York City detectives Eddie Popeye Egan and his partner Sonny Grosso routinely tail Pasquale Patsy Fuca, after observing some wild spending at the Copacabana, they quickly realize that they are on to something really big. Patsy is not only the nephew of a mob boss on the lam but also a key negotiator in an impending delivery of narcotics from abroad. His incongruous connections are with several distinguished Frenchmen, including Jean Jehan, the director of the world's largest heroin network, and Jacques Angelvin, a star of French television.For many suspense-filled months, through opulent Manhattan nightclubs, dark tenements in Brooklyn and the Bronx, tree-lined streets of the genteel Upper East Side, and in Paris, Marseilles, and Palermo, the duel is on -- the prize 112 pounds of pure heroin, worth ninety million on the streets. Over three hundred investigators from local, state, federal, and international agencies are ultimately involved in the hours of weary surveillance, the skilled intuition, the luck -- both good and bad -- and the danger.--Site web de l'éditeur. |
| decavalcante family tree: Mafia Son Sandra Harmon, 2011-06-28 The Scarpas were a Mafia dynasty led by Greg Scarpa Sr., a man so addicted to killing that he was nicknamed “The Grim Reaper.” His son, Gregory Jr., was slowly drawn into his father’s dark world. What only father and son knew was that for thirty years, starting in the 1960s, Scarpa Sr. was an informant for the FBI. Then, faced with arrest two decades later, Greg dropped the time on his own son. Gregory Jr. was imprisoned alongside terrorist Ramzi Yousef. He offered to trade information on Yousef with the government in exchange for leniency, providing detailed intelligence on what would eventually result in the September 11attacks. His warnings were ignored, and he was sentenced to forty years to life in prison, where he remains. A story that gained national notoriety, this is an “enthralling look at ties between the Mafia and the FBI” (Booklist). |
| decavalcante family tree: Mob Boss Jerry Capeci, Tom Robbins, 2013-10-01 “[A] fascinating new book about mafia boss Alfonso D’Arco, who became the federal government’s most successful cooperator.” —The Village Voice Alfonso “Little Al” D’Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese organized crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti’s top aide, Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D’Arco’s life and the New York mob scene that he embraced for four decades. Until the day he switched sides, D’Arco lived and breathed the old-school gangster lessons he learned growing up in Brooklyn and fine-tuned on the mean streets of Little Italy. But when he learned he was marked to be whacked, D’Arco quit the mob. His defection decimated his crime family and opened a window on mob secrets going back a hundred years. After speaking with D’Arco, the authors reveal unprecedented insights, exposing shocking secrets and troublesome truths about a city where a famous pizza parlor doubled as a Mafia center for multi-million-dollar heroin deals, where hit men carried out murders dressed as women, and where kidnapping a celebrity newsman’s son was deemed appropriate revenge for the father’s satirical novel. Capeci and Robbins spent hundreds of hours in conversation with D’Arco, and exhausted many hours more fleshing out his stories in this riveting narrative that takes readers behind the famous witness testimony for a comprehensive look at the Mafia in New York City. |
| decavalcante family tree: The Ice Man Philip Carlo, 2007-04-01 Philip Carlo's The Ice Man spent over six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Family Man. Doting Father. For thirty years, Richard The Iceman Kuklinski led a shocking double life, becoming the most notorious professional assassin in American history while happily hosting neighborhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Richard Kuklinski was Sammy the Bull Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano, then head of the Gambino crime family, at Sparks Steakhouse. Mob boss John Gotti hired him to torture and kill the neighbor who accidentally ran over his child. For an additional price, Kuklinski would make his victims suffer; he conducted this sadistic business with coldhearted intensity and shocking efficiency, never disappointing his customers. By his own estimate, he killed over two hundred men, taking enormous pride in his variety and ferocity of technique. This trail of murder lasted over thirty years and took Kuklinski all over America and to the far corners of the earth, Brazil, Africa, and Europe. Along the way, he married, had three children, and put them through Catholic school. His daughter's medical condition meant regular stays in children's hospitals, where Kuklinski was remembered, not as a gangster, but as an affectionate father, extremely kind to children. Each Christmas found the Kuklinski home festooned in colorful lights; each summer was a succession of block parties. His family never suspected a thing. Richard Kuklinski is now the subject of the major motion picture titled The Iceman(2013), starring James Franco, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, and Chris Evans. |
| decavalcante family tree: A Man of Honor Joseph Bonanno, 2013-06-04 Friendships, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience-this was the 'glue' that held us together. These were the principles that the greatest Mafia Boss of Bosses, Joseph Bonnano, lived by. Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Bonnano found his future amid the whiskey-running, riotous streets of Prohibition America in 1924, when he illegally entered the United States to pursue his dreams. By the age of only twenty-six, Bonnano became a Don. He would eventually take over the New York underworld, igniting the Castellammarese War, one of the bloodiest Family battles ever to hit New York City... Now, in this candid and stunning memoir, Joe Bonanno-likely a model for Don Corleone in the blockbuster movie The Godfather-takes readers inside the world of the real Mafia. He reveals the inner workings of New York's Five Families-Bonanno, Gambino, Profaci, Lucchese, and Genovese-and uncovers how the Mafia not only dominated local businesses, but also influenced national politics. A fascinating glimpse into the world of crime, A Man of Honor is an unforgettable account of one of the most powerful crime figures in America's history. |
| decavalcante family tree: Busting the Mob James B. Jacobs, 1996-10 An examination of the forces and events that led to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American history Since Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as anti- heroes in popular culture. In practice, organized crime grew strong and wealthy by supplying illicit goods and services and by obtaining control over labor unions and key industries. Despite, or perhaps because of, its power and high profile, Cosa Nostra faced little opposition from law enforcement. Yet, in the last 15 years, the very foundations of the mob have been shaken, its bosses imprisoned, its profits diminished, and its influence badly weakened. In this vivid and dramatic book, James B. Jacobs, Christopher Panarella, and Jay Worthington document the government's relentless attack on organized crime. The authors present an overview of the forces and events that led in the 1980s to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American history. Enlisting trial testimony, secretly taped conversations, court documents, and depositions, they document five landmark cases, representing the most important organized crime prosecutions of the modern era—Teamsters Local 560, The Pizza Connection, The Commission, the International Teamsters, and the prosecution of John Gotti. |
| decavalcante family tree: The Mafia Cookbook Joseph Iannuzzi, 2002-02-16 In The Mafia Cookbook, Joe Dogs took the quintessential Mob formula—murder, betrayal, food—and turned it into a bestseller, not surprisingly, since Joe Dogs's mixture of authentic Italian recipes and colorful Mafia anecdotes is as much fun to read as it is to cook from. Now The Mafia Cookbook is reprinted with Cooking on the Lam—adding thirty-seven original new recipes and a thrilling account of Dogs’s recent years since he testified against the Mob in five major trials, all told in his authentic, inimitable tough-guy style. The new recipes are simple, quick, and completely foolproof, including such classic dishes as Shrimp Scampi, Tomato Sauce (the Mob mainstay), Chicken Cordon Bleu, Veal Piccata, Marinated Asparagus Wrapped with Prosciutto, Baked Stuffed Clams, Veal Chops Milanese, Sicilian (what else?) Caponata, Gambino-style Fried Chicken, Lobster Thermidor (for when you want to celebrate that big score), and desserts rich enough to melt a loan shark’s heart. You can follow these recipes and learn to cook Italian anytime, anywhere, even on the lam, even in places where Italian groceries may be hard or impossible to find. Tested by Mob heavy hitters as well as FBI agents and US marshals, these recipes are simple to follow, full of timesaving shortcuts, and liberally seasoned with Joe Dogs’s stories of life inside—and outside—the Mob. This is the perfect cookbook for anyone who wants to make the kind of food that Tony Soprano only dreams about. |
| decavalcante family tree: Proceedings of Second International Conference on Smart Energy and Communication Dinesh Goyal, Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Atulya K. Nagar, S.D. Purohit, 2021-01-04 This book gathers selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Smart Energy and Communication (ICSEC 2020), held at Poornima Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur, India, on March 20–21, 2020. It covers a range of topics in electronics and communication engineering and electrical engineering, including analog circuit design, image processing, wireless and microwave communication, optoelectronics and photonic devices, nano-electronics, renewable energy, smart grid, power systems and industry applications. |
| decavalcante family tree: Pennsylvania Crime Commission DIANE Publishing Company, 1997-12 |
| decavalcante family tree: National Union Catalog Library of Congress, 1979 Includes entries for maps and atlases. |
| decavalcante family tree: Mafia Cop Lou Eppolito, Bob Drury, 2005-08-15 He was one of the most decorated cops in the history of NYPD. From his wiseguy relatives, he learned the meaning of honor and loyalty. From his fellow cops, he learned the meaning of betrayal. MAFIA COP His father, Ralph Fat the Gangster Eppolito, was stone-cold Mafia hit-man. Lou Eppolito, however, chose to live by different code; he chose the uniform of NYPD. And he was one of the best -- a good, tough, honest cop down the line. Butu even his sterling record, his headline-making heroism, couldn't protect him when the police brass decided to take him down. Although completely exonerated of charges that he had passed secrets to the mob, Lou didn't stand a chance. They had taken something from him they couldn't give back: his dignity and his pride. Now, here's the powerful story, told in Lou Eppolito's own words, of the bloody Mafia hit that claimed his uncle and cousin...of his middle-of-the-night meeting with Boss of Bosses Paul Castellano...of one good cop who survived eight shootouts and saved hundreds of victims, who was persecuted, prosecuted, and ultimately betrayed by his own department. Full of hard drama and gritty truth, Mafia Cop gives a vivid, inside look at life in the Family, on the force, and on the mean streets of New York. |
| decavalcante family tree: Gangland New York Anthony M. DeStefano, 2015-07-01 Get a taste of New York’s underworld by seeing where mobsters lived, worked, ate, played, and died. From the Bowery Boys and the Five Points Gang through the rise of the Jewish “Kosher Nostra” and the ascendance of the Italian Mafia, mobsters have played a major role in the city’s history, lurking just around the corner or inside that nondescript building. Bill “the Butcher” Poole, Paul Kelly, Monk Eastman, “Lucky” Luciano, Carlo Gambino, Meyer Lansky, Mickey Spillane, John Gotti—each held sway over New York neighborhoods that nurtured them and gave them power. As families and factions fought for control, the city became a backdrop for crime scenes, the rackets spreading after World War II to docks, airports, food markets, and garment districts. The streets of Brooklyn, swamps of Staten Island, and vacant lots near LaGuardia Airport hosted assassinations and hasty burials for the unlucky. The bloodlettings, arrests, and trials became front-page fodder for tabloids that thrived on covering Mulberry Street. Chinese, Russian, and Greek mobsters rose to prominence and wrought bloody havoc as well. Each of the book’s five sections—one for each borough—traces criminal activities and area exploits from the nineteenth century to now. Everyone knows about Umberto’s Clam House in Little Italy, but now you can find Scarpato’s restaurant in Coney Island where Joe Masseria was killed by henchmen of Salvatore Maranzano, who in turn died in a Park Avenue office building at the hands of “Lucky” Luciano a few months later. From the Bronx to Brighton Beach, from New Springville to Ozone Park, here is a comprehensive, on-the-ground guide to mob life in the Rotten Apple. |
| decavalcante family tree: The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno Bill Bonanno, Gary B. Abromovitz, 2011-09-06 The final, tell-all memoir from the legendary mafia consigliere and son of infamous crime boss Joe Bonnano. Born into a powerful mob family, Salvatore “Bill” Bonanno was privy to a criminal underworld that wielded immense power in America for decades—a world ruled by loyalty, secrecy, and survival at any cost: the Mafia. The son of Joe Bonanno—the Godfather-like head of one of the original five New York Crime Families—Bill Bonanno came of age at the height of Mafia power. In this fascinating final testament, he ushers readers into that cloistered world, from its origins in medieval Sicilian and Italian history to its rise, tumultuous peak, and precipitous fall in America. Complete with rare unpublished photographs of candid moments, major players, rituals, and ceremonies, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno is the ultimate insider’s final word on one of the most secretive and misunderstood phenomena of our time. |
| decavalcante family tree: Organized Crime in Pennsylvania Darrell J. Steffensmeier, Pennsylvania Crime Commission, 1991 |
| decavalcante family tree: Manhattan Mafia Guide Eric Ferrara, 2010-09-10 The New York City historian and author of The Bowery takes readers on a tour of New York’s infamous underworld in this revealing guide. During the early twentieth century, Sicilian and Southern Italian immigrants poured into New York City looking for a better life. But while they escaped the kind of poverty and persecution they experienced in the old country, they soon discovered that certain criminal enterprises followed them to America. Over the years, the island of Manhattan would become a hotbed of organized crime and underworld intrigue. It’s a version of the city that remains invisible to most visitors—until now. In this revealing tour of New York City’s mafia history, Eric Ferrara gives readers an insider’s look at how the mob lived—and where they died. Ferrara goes inside mafia hangouts from the Copacabana to Milady’s Bar and the Thompson Street Social Club. He vividly recounts infamous episodes in the lives of famous mafia men, like Charlie “Lucky” Luciano and Joey Gallo, as well as more obscure players who will be new to most readers. From the beginnings of Black Hand criminal networks to the reign of an all-powerful organized crime syndicate, Manhattan Mafia Guide offers a fascinating look down New York City’s mean streets. |
| decavalcante family tree: Tiger Eyes Judy Blume, 2012-03-21 Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead—shot in a holdup—and now her mother is moving the family to New Mexico to try to recover. Climbing in the Los Alamos canyon, Davey meets the mysterious Wolf, who can read Davey’s “sad eyes.” Wolf is the only person who seems to understand the rage and fear Davey feels. Slowly, with Wolf’s help, Davey realizes that she must get on with her life. But when will she be ready to leave the past behind and move toward the future? Will she ever stop hurting? |
| decavalcante family tree: King of the Godfathers: Anthony M. DeStefano, 2008-06-01 The Last Of The Old-World Mob Bosses--And The Ultimate Betrayal For more than twenty years, Joseph Big Joey Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the U.S., employing over two hundred and fifty made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was responsible for over thirty murders, even killing a dozen of its own members to enforce discipline and settle scores. He would be brought down by Salvatore Good Looking Sal Vitale, the underboss who was not only Massino's closest and most trusted friend, but also his brother-in-law. In the end, facing the death penalty and the prospect of leaving his family penniless, Massino started talking to the FBI--the first Mafia Godfather to break the sacred code of omerta, and the end of a centuries-old tradition. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony DeStefano, who interviewed Massino's family and friends as well as law enforcement officials and confidential sources, King of the Godfathers is the story of the brutal mob war that made Massino head of the Bonanno family and the most powerful gangster in America. The best and last word on the subject. --Jerry Capeci, Gangland News.com and bestselling co-author of Murder Machine With 16 Pages of Revealing Photos! Anthony Destefano was part of the team of New York Newsday reporters who won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the August 1991 subway crash in Manhattan. He covers organized crime for Newsday and was the lead reporter on several major criminal trials, including that of subway gunman Bernhard Goetz. He lives in New Jersey. |
| decavalcante family tree: National Union Catalog , Includes entries for maps and atlases. |
| decavalcante family tree: How Greed, Corruption, and the Mafia Turned Atlantic City Into--the Boardwalk Jungle Ovid Demaris, 1986 |
| decavalcante family tree: The Last Mob Lawyer S.M. Chris Franzblau, Bruce Nagel, 2025-04-08 The Last Mob Lawyer presents a rare glimpse behind the curtain of some of the mob’s best-kept secrets—told by the only man still alive to share them. Post-World-War-II New Jersey was the breeding ground for some of the most notorious mobsters in American history. Their business was crime. Their capital was influence. And their leaders controlled every facet of American life for nearly half a century. These wiseguys had the power to save your life or end your life with a single phone call. But who did they call when they needed help? Attorney Chris Franzblau spent more than seventy years representing and socializing with some of the most notorious figures in organized crime, including Genovese boss Jerry Catena; Teamsters Jimmy Hoffa and Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano; various bosses, thugs, and hitmen; and even entertainment icons Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. At ninety-three years old, Franzblau has outlived them all—and he’s ready to tell the tales that made him the go-to lawyer for the mob. The Last Mob Lawyer explores his seventy-year career working at the intersection of organized crime, politics, entertainment, and business. As you follow along, you will discover: What really happened to Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa—and where he’s buried. How secret 1965 FBI wiretaps blew the lid off the mob’s full reach, hierarchy, and influence over some of the most powerful families in the country. How the mob saved the careers of music icons Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra. The intense legal battle to prevent the extradition of Meyer Lanskey, one of the most well-known mobsters in the country, back to the US for criminal prosecution. And so much more. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Mafia, organized crime, or the seedy side of twentieth-century American history. |
| decavalcante family tree: A Wiser Guy Louis P DiVita, 2016-06-09 Louis P DiVita is the grandson of Paul Palmeri, the brother of Benedetto Angelo (Buffalo Bill) Palmeri who were founding members of the post Castellammarse War Mafia. A WISER GUY chronicles Louis's sixty plus years of life experiences, encounters, ups and downs. Louis details his torment of following his ancestor's gangster life style or the path to white collar success. His earliest childhood memories of the family's history began at seven years old when he was tutored initially by his grandmother, then his mother, father, uncles, and family friends. Louis outlines his development as an independent hustler constantly trying to escape his legacy and his attempts to earn a legitimate income in the automobile business, oil field equipment sales and the trash and recycling industries, but setbacks and failures continually drew him back to illicit earnings. Louis illustrates how posture, image and associates can send a more powerful message than muscle and guns. Using a series of serious and comical stories of crime and a middle class life, Louis pieces together people, places, situations and encounters spanning the golden age of the mob (1920s to 1980s) to the present. |
| decavalcante family tree: Say You Love Satan David St. Clair, 1987 The author draws on months of research and exclusive interviews to provide an account of the involvement of three Long Island teenagers with a deadly Satanic cult and the brutal torture-murder of one of the boys |
| decavalcante family tree: The Boys from New Jersey Robert C. Rudolph, 2030-10-15 The Boys from New Jersey has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. |
| decavalcante family tree: Cigar City Mafia Scott M. Deitche, 2003-08 Bootleggers, gambling ringleaders, arsonists, narcotics dealers and gang murderers - a variety of characters flourished in the era known as Prohibition and Tampa, Florida was where they battled for supremacy of the criminal underworld. With meticulous detail, Scott M. Deitche documents the rise of the infamous Trafficante family, ruthless competitors in a violent, shifting place, where loyalties and power quickly changed.'' |
DeCavalcante crime family - Wikipedia
The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, …
DeCavalcante Family - American Mafia History
Sep 10, 2018 · Possibly inspired by the the hit HBO series the Soprano's, the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey ran a successful mob empire for decades. Today, that's all changed and …
Sam DeCavalcante - Wikipedia
Simone Paul Rizzo DeCavalcante (April 30, 1913 – February 7, 1997), known as "Sam the Plumber", was an Italian-American mobster who was boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of …
20 Shocking Facts about DeVacalvante crime family
Feb 18, 2023 · In the article are twenty shocking facts about the DeVacalvante crime family. 1. DeCavalcante crime family operates mainly in northern New Jersey. North Jersey comprises …
The Current Status of the DeCavalcante Crime Family in the ...
Oct 14, 2023 · The DeCavalcante Crime Family is one of the five historically significant Italian-American Mafia families operating in the United States. While its prominence has waned over …
MEET THE REAL JERSEY MOB: DeCavalcantes ruled the Garden State
Oct 3, 2021 · The DeCavalcante family isn’t the powerhouse it once was, and some in law enforcement argue the organization’s criminal tool box hasn’t kept pace with Asian, Russian, …
Members Of DeCavalcante Crime Family Sentenced To Prison ...
Apr 4, 2017 · NEWARK, N.J. – Two associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra were sentenced today to prison terms for their roles in distributing more than 500 …
Jersey’s True-Life Tony Soprano: Meet the DeCavalcante Crime ...
Jun 21, 2013 · Simone DeCavalcante was the boss of the crime family that bore his name and a FBI bug recorded his every word to his secretary when he arrived at his office one morning in...
FBI Arrests 10 Connected to New Jersey ... - NBC New York
Mar 12, 2015 · Federal prosecutors say 10 members and associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family in New Jersey have been arrested, accused of plotting to commit …
The DeCavalcante Family: The Real-Life Sopranos
Apr 23, 2025 · Ralph “Ralphie” Guarino had never been a member of the Decavalcante family but regardless he was to become the man who would gather the evidence that allwoed the …
DeCavalcante crime family - Wikipedia
The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, …
DeCavalcante Family - American Mafia History
Sep 10, 2018 · Possibly inspired by the the hit HBO series the Soprano's, the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey ran a successful mob empire for decades. Today, that's all changed and …
Sam DeCavalcante - Wikipedia
Simone Paul Rizzo DeCavalcante (April 30, 1913 – February 7, 1997), known as "Sam the Plumber", was an Italian-American mobster who was boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of …
20 Shocking Facts about DeVacalvante crime family
Feb 18, 2023 · In the article are twenty shocking facts about the DeVacalvante crime family. 1. DeCavalcante crime family operates mainly in northern New Jersey. North Jersey comprises …
The Current Status of the DeCavalcante Crime Family in the ...
Oct 14, 2023 · The DeCavalcante Crime Family is one of the five historically significant Italian-American Mafia families operating in the United States. While its prominence has waned over …
MEET THE REAL JERSEY MOB: DeCavalcantes ruled the …
Oct 3, 2021 · The DeCavalcante family isn’t the powerhouse it once was, and some in law enforcement argue the organization’s criminal tool box hasn’t kept pace with Asian, Russian, …
Members Of DeCavalcante Crime Family Sentenced To Prison ...
Apr 4, 2017 · NEWARK, N.J. – Two associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra were sentenced today to prison terms for their roles in distributing more than 500 …
Jersey’s True-Life Tony Soprano: Meet the DeCavalcante Crime ...
Jun 21, 2013 · Simone DeCavalcante was the boss of the crime family that bore his name and a FBI bug recorded his every word to his secretary when he arrived at his office one morning in...
FBI Arrests 10 Connected to New Jersey ... - NBC New York
Mar 12, 2015 · Federal prosecutors say 10 members and associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family in New Jersey have been arrested, accused of plotting to commit …
The DeCavalcante Family: The Real-Life Sopranos
Apr 23, 2025 · Ralph “Ralphie” Guarino had never been a member of the Decavalcante family but regardless he was to become the man who would gather the evidence that allwoed the …
