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Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book #773948
04/23/14 01:16 PM
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Just read Vincent Teresa's book and the part that interested me most was the parts about Carmine Galante. Anyone read that stuff? Is there more first hand accounts of him any where else?

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #773954
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Pistone's book mentions him some. Lefty told Joe that Galante is the boss but he didn't even sound like he was too sure of it. The Bonannos were messed up in the seventies.


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Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #773965
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^^Yeah I read that too, but that isn't a first hand account of actually meeting him. I should post Teresa's account of meeting Galante, they way he wrote it made me kind of feel bad that Galante went out the way he did.

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #773969
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Yes, I've read it. It is pretty interesting. Essentially Galante was the top dog in prison with his own garden where he would have I believe it was BBQs with other inmates and some of the "hack"guards once a week.

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #773972
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Basically he owned the block, no one fucked with him, no one fucked with any one under him, he owned three cats that ate better food than most inmates, everyone was afraid of him, the hacks were afraid to tread on him, the blacks respected/feared him, he owned a refrigerator, he played hand ball, some new black guy who didn't know no better told him to shut up and Teresa told the black guy that if Galante put an X on him he was a dead man so the kid straightened up.

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #773989
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Vinny was a super liar that boom was fiction. he did give carlo maestro his respect and elder patriarca.

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #773994
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Originally Posted By: FurioScarfo
Basically he owned the block, no one fucked with him, no one fucked with any one under him, he owned three cats that ate better food than most inmates, everyone was afraid of him, the hacks were afraid to tread on him, the blacks respected/feared him, he owned a refrigerator, he played hand ball, some new black guy who didn't know no better told him to shut up and Teresa told the black guy that if Galante put an X on him he was a dead man so the kid straightened up.

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #774000
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I have not read Vincent Teresa's book is it actually factual and accurate?

I found this review of it on amazon:
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1.0 out of 5 stars Fun - but mostly false, August 29, 2009
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This review is from: My Life in the Mafia (Hardcover)
A lot of people love this book. Unfortunately, most of the "inside" info Vinnie Teresa reveals has been proven over the years -- and in court -- to be little more than made-up fantasy and lies.

Teresa -- who claimed to be the No. 3 man in the Patriarca family -- was actually a low-level hustler and gofer. He was not the insider he claimed to be. He got in a jam with the law and cut a deal -- effectively pulling the wool over the law's eyes. He testified and initially put people behind bars, but later trials -- most importantly the one against Meyer Lansky -- revealed him to be a liar. Although he claimed to have worked closely with Lansky, it was conclusively shown in court they never even met. Teresa later admitted making up most of his stories.

In other words, the book is enjoyable. But it is fiction.

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Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #774030
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It´s riddled with flaws and possibly with outright lies but very enjoyable to read. It still has a sentimental value to me because it was the first Mafia book I ever read, close to 30 years ago. I borrowed it from my local library, perhaps 10 times. Wish I had a copy of it.


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Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #774047
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Galante was always interesting to me too. It was said that he kind of just stepped up and said he was boss in place of Rastelli but nobody really recognized that. Through his dealing, he became top dog and gained a ton of respect. I wonder if Lefty ever even met him. That scene in Donnie Brasco where, the character that I believe is supposed to be Galante, gets out of the car and Lefty is looking like a kid trying to get an autograph... granted it is just a movie. At that time, the families were still relatively big so I wonder if many soldiers even met the sitting bosses.

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Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: FurioScarfo] #774078
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Galante had brass balls just taking what he wanted. What a cavalier attitude.


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Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: Moe_Tilden] #774115
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Most interesting MOBSTER on my list ... but still, no one can explain why was he killed . if you say it was FAMILY related , then why did FUNZI have a meeting with TRAFFICANTE and other's ? Some say for not sharing profit's .but every families drug dealing is their own racket ? why did FUNZI call MOEY in to warn his cousin ?

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: barry] #774120
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Is the wikipedia story about Galante having whacked a bunch of Gambino members true, or is it the usual nonsense? If it's true, who were they?


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2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."
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Galante means power in Italian.

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: Dwalin2011] #774290
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Originally Posted By: Dwalin2011
Is the wikipedia story about Galante having whacked a bunch of Gambino members true, or is it the usual nonsense? If it's true, who were they?


I think that came from an old NY Times article quoting unnamed sources. If he did, he was never charged with it and nobody ever named the supposed Gambino members who were killed. If it did happen, that could be the reason why Neil Dellacroce was involved in planning the hit.

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: DelcoNostra] #774292
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Originally Posted By: DelcoNostra
Galante was always interesting to me too. It was said that he kind of just stepped up and said he was boss in place of Rastelli but nobody really recognized that. Through his dealing, he became top dog and gained a ton of respect. I wonder if Lefty ever even met him. That scene in Donnie Brasco where, the character that I believe is supposed to be Galante, gets out of the car and Lefty is looking like a kid trying to get an autograph... granted it is just a movie. At that time, the families were still relatively big so I wonder if many soldiers even met the sitting bosses.


I always thought the character was supposed to be Rastelli

Re: Carmine Galante in Vincent Teresa's book [Re: mulberry] #774297
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Originally Posted By: mulberry

I always thought the character was supposed to be Rastelli

I don't think so, because they said later "Rusty is going to run the whole thing from the can", Rastelli was in prison at the moment, so that character has to be Galante.


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