Louis Ferrante Borgata: Rise of Empire (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Borgata: Rise of EmpireCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: A History of the American MafiaISBN-10: 1474604315EAN: 9781474604314ISBN: 9781474604314Publisher: Weidenfeld & NicolsonRelease Date: 11/07/2024Description: The American mafia has long held powerful sway over our collective cultural imagination. But how many of us truly understand how a clandestine Sicilian criminal organisation came to exert its influence over nearly every level of American society?In BORGATA: RISE OF EMPIRE, former mafia member Louis Ferrante pulls back the curtain on the criminal organisation that transformed America. From the potent political cauldron of nineteenth-century Sicily to American cities such as New Orleans, New York and the gangster's paradise of Las Vegas, Ferrante traces the social, economic and political forces that powered the mafia's unstoppable rise. We follow the early mob as they provide alcohol to the American public during prohibition, aid U. S. Naval Intelligence during the Second World War, establish a gambling mecca in the Nevada desert - and unofficially take control of the island of Cuba.Ferrante's vivid portrayal of early American mobsters - among them Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky - fills in crucial gaps of mafia history to deliver the most comprehensive account yet of the world's most famous criminal fraternity.This volume is the first in a groundbreaking new trilogy from a man who has seen it all from the inside. Ferrante's masterful account journeys from the group's inauspicious beginnings to the height of their power as the most influential organised criminal network in America.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Weight: 41gAuthor: Louis FerranteGenre: BiographyTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesType: Countries & RegionsItem Width: 26mmRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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