If you want a serious book that covers Apalachin in detail-- using the primary sources of the police and FBI-- check out The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York.
How can I disregard the words of a mobster, and go solely with an FBI report that came from under the corrupt jurisdiction of J Edgar Hoover who denied the mafia even existed.
I really hate the idea of history being written by Hoover. I can't stress it enough.
If you were an agent working under Hoover's FBI, how could you even write a report that would go against his narrative?
