Nigel Cawthorne is the author of Military Commanders, and Vietnam A War Lost and Won. His writing has appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks from the Sun to the Financial Times, and from Flatbush Life to the New York Tribune. He lives in London. His son, Colin Cawthorne helped to compile the first-hand accounts that make up this anthology.
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Contents
ALEXANDER STILLE |
CESARE MORI |
THE MAFIA IN AMERICA |
SALVATORE LUCANIA |
GIUSEPPE BONANNO |
JOSEPH VALACHI |
DON CALOGERO VIZZINI |
VINCENT TERESA |
ALADENA FRATIANNO |
RICHARD KUKLINSKI |
TONY SPILOTRO |
JOEY BLACK |
DONALD FRANKOS |
TOMMASO BUSCETTA |
GEORGE FRESOLONE |
JOSEPH PISTONE |
SAMMY GRAVANO |
FRANKIE SAGGIO |
ALBERT DEMEO |
Acknowledgments
The editor would like to thank all those who made this book possible by letting us reprint the extracts listed below:
Anna Kotopoulos from St Martins Press for use of The Odyssey, The Grand Inquisition and The Castellammarese War from A Man of Honour: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno(Andr Deutsch, London, 1983) Joseph Bonanno and Sergio Lalli 1983; Mike Hamilburg from Simon and Schuster for Drugs, Guns and Swindles from Blood Oath (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1994) George Fresolone andRobert J. Wagman 1994; Mellisa Brant of the Perseus Book Group for use of Pontiac Trans Am and Chevy Corvette Convertible from Born to the Mob (Running Press, London / Philadelphia 2004) Frankie Saggio and FredRosen 2004; I would also like to thank Mellisa for the use of Fat Tony Wants Him Dead from Contract Killer: The Explosive Story of the Mafias Most Notorious Hitman Donald Tony the Greek Frankos (ThundersMouth Press, New York, 1993) William Hoffman and Lake Headley; Blanche Brown and David Grossman for The Bonannos from Donnie Brasco (New American Library, New York, 1987) Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley 1987; fromSterling Lord Literistic for chapter 11 of Casino (Transworld, London, 1996) Nichola Pileggi; Catherine Trippett of the Random House Group Ltd for use of chapter 1 from Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First ItalianRepublic (Pantheon Books, New York, 1995) Alexander Stille 1995; and I would also like to thank Catherine for her help in securing The Earlier Battles with Bandits from The Last Struggle with the Mafia (Mondadori, Milan,1932) Cesare Mori 1932; Alicia Torello for Little Man and Double Jeopardy from For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, & the Legacy of a Mob Life (Broadway Books, New York, 2002) AlbertDeMeo 2002; Id also like to thank Alicia for Entertainers and the Mob and Assassination Squads from My Life in the Mafia (Doubleday, New York, 1971) Vincent Teresa 1971; Ailsa Morrison of MainstreamPublishing for Murder for Hire and The Enforcer from The Ice Man (St Martins Griffin, New York, 2007) Philip Carlo 2007; [for use of The Godfather: The Way Things Aint and Galloand Colombo: The Way Things Are from Joey The Hitman: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer (Pocket Book Inc., New York, 1975 David Fisher; [for use of chapters 9, 10 and 11 of
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