Mafia summit : J. Edgar Hoover, the Kennedy brothers, and the meeting that unmasked the mob
(2013)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
364.106/REAVILL,G

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 364.106/REAVILL,G Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780312657758 (hbk.), 0312657757 (hbk.), 9780312657758, 0312657757 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

McFall Road, Apalachin, New York -- Albert and Vito. Murder on Fifteenth Street ; The rise of Joe Barbara ; Albert Anastasia's waterfront ; Vito comes home ; Genovese hits Costello ; Anastasia gets his ; Genovese calls a confab ; The mob meets ; Croswell makes his move ; The big roundup -- Bobby and J. Edgar. The Rackets committee convenes ; Hoover denies the Mafia ; The mystery of Apalachin ; The watchdogs ; The Feds take down Vito ; The brother within ; General Kennedy goes after the mob ; Bobby goes too far ; November 14, 1957 -- Apalachin in the American imagination

The true story of how a small-town lawman in upstate New York busted a Cosa Nostra conference in 1957, exposing the Mafia to America