Anyone know of any books about the Milwaukee Mafia?

I'd really like to get a hold of some, if there are even any, so any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

I've never came across anything solely dedicated to Milwaukee wiseguys, nor would I have much interest. It's quite low level stuff.

In fact the only thing that springs to mind is the Donnie Brasco book in which Donnie and Lefty were trying to work with the Milwaukee boss. I'm sure some other kind soul will elaborate, it's been a while since I've read it.

I'm with Turi. The book, "Donnie Brasco," does have some very interesting stuff on the Milwaukee Mafia that was not included at all in the film. The book is well worth reading in any event.

Morello, how's the world behind the cheddar curtain? Summerfest in Milwaukee is about a month away....Pork and the Havana Ducks were my personal favorites on-stage at Uncle Saz's during Summerfest.

While books dedicated to organized crime in Milwaukee might be in short supply, there are a couple of web sites well worth "drilling."

Rick Porrello\'s American Mafia site is a great resource and here's the link to his page on Milwaukee. http://www.americanmafia.com/Cities/Milwaukee.html

There are some labor union "watchdog" sites that have some excellent "source document" level information. One of those sites is http://www.laborers.org and here's a link to the testimony of an FBI agent tasked with acquiring information about the mob in Milwaukee. http://www.laborers.org/FinoWorkingInside.htm

Once you have a couple of key names (Frank Balistrieri, John Alioto, Joseph Vallone, and others) you can do a google search and find some other material that might give you more details about the history of organized crime in Milwaukee.

tony b.