Where you manage to purchase Blood Brothers from? I've been trying to find it, they have zero copies available on Amazon. I did however recently purchase "Northern Connection: Inside Canada's Most Violent Mafia Family" by Peter Edwards, which according to antimafia, is the 2006 update of the Blood Brothers book. Can't wait until that gets sent here to my house.

Recently finished All American Mafioso: The Johnny Rosselli Story. Brilliantly written and well researched book. Lots of new information on Rosselli. Definitely one of the most interesting figures in the American Mob

Also read this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Bugs-Bull-Rats-In...bugs+bulls+rats
Supposedly written by a made man under a pseudonym, this gives you a revised history of the mob in NY. If it's legit, some good new info on the Gambino and Genovese families. Still only worth buying it on kindle though.

A lot of good untold stories in it ? I came across it by accident on internet, awhile ago. Planned on getting it b/c a book about Salvie Testa definitely has my interest.

Yeah I got that book The All American Mafioso The Johnny Rosselli Story good book I remember reading about him too in the Book the Outfit how he boasted & laughing about Whacking the Wrong Guy he told the the Hump Wife

I managed to grab a copy off of amazon a month or so ago, albeit a used copy since a new one would have cost upwards of fifty bucks.

I'm intrigued by your statement that the book you mentioned is a mere update of Blood Brothers since it seems to be a fairly bigger book, and also one that I had my sights on for awhile but settled for the cheaper option. I think we should verify if they're really the same(or so) once you receive it, and if they're not I'll help you find a link to the other, shoot me a PM anytime if you want.

Anyone read Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War, yet that could give an opinion on it?

In the Godfather Garden by Richard Linnett. Top notch mob book right here. Very well researched and written, with plenty of interesting and new info. I especially liked the entire chapter on Gerry Catena.

The Godfather's Daughter by Rita Gigante. Light and enjoyable book. I knew it was going to be more about her personal journey than about Chin so I wasn't disappointed. At some points it became too religious and spiritual for me, but there' still some little tidbits of information about her dad to balance it out. For example, he used to communicate with his men by meeting them and writing notes on pieces of paper then burning the paper. One thing I liked was that she was pretty honest about what her father did for a living and didn't try to glorify him like the Gottis do with their dad.

Here is a link from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/nyregi...maker.html?_r=0

The authors still manage to make the article themselves, aka "new Brooklyn".

Anyone read that new book about the Chin ?

Mobman: yeah, you should get it. Its good.

208 sullivan Street (his old HQ) is now a hipster tea shop. I went there a few weeks ago and bought some organic tea

Actually there was some old painting on the wall, looked like an italian harbour or something. Must have been there back in the day when the place was the Triangle Social Club.

Good read, worth getting.

Is there anywhere online I can find Way of the Wiseguy by Joe Pistone?

Keep trying if u r insistent, but I've had the book 4 many yrs & only read it a couple times...it's a montage of wiseguy wisecracks,certain sayings they have,the way most dress,what they prefer 2 eat,how 2 pronounce the certaintys(cappicola,,is gabagool)..carry ur money in a roll,not a wallet..ala donnie brasco,,,dumb shit u probably already know. Not worth it,imo.

Frank DiMatteo learned that killing “is just business.” He tells his story in the memoir “The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia,” out Tuesday from Kensington Publishing.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/23/what-its-really-like-growing-up-in-the-mafia/

What's up Beans!! Hey, do yourself a favor and don't buy that book or even mention it. You know why, cuz that cuz is no gangster lmao. He's a wannabe.

Hi AG, hope you are staying cool during this heat wave! I heard him on a Radio show and I was wondering who the hell he was. Thanks for the tip. Stay cool!

I recently read "Chin" the new book about Gigante. It ws ok, but it had little new information. The only stuff that was new to me was information from after he went to prison. Ok book for someone who is just looking to fill in a big collection, but not good for a beginner.

6000 Days of Us by Rosina Rucci, Salvie Testa's girlfriend. This a very short but well-written book. Interesting to hear about the Philly Mob from an outsider's perspective and ultimately very sad. For those not interested in a love story there is still some good info on the Philly Mob, such as how close the Testas and Narduccis were. It's shame what happened.

Hello mighty dr///,,I've posted about this book way back..I know ur kinda of a new guy..i've been trying 2 get some of my postees 2 find this book..yes,it is a great book 4 those who r interested in salvies private & younger life w/ a chick whom i believe he ultimetly left maria merlino for..even my wife read this one,being that is was a chick book as well as a mob character memoir. someone who knows salvie so lovingly well as also his secret life was a great read..hope others find thier way 2 this book as it really is inexpensive 4 paperback.

I actually heard about it through reading your earlier posts hoodlum. Thanks for letting us know about it

No problem dude..Now im in the middle of Rita Gigante's book...first I thought i was going 2b not interested,,then got swept away in her own self sorrows & great story..not 4 everyone..but 4 those who have a heart..this 1 is a doozy..1 night after a bullshit filled night of my job ,I sunk into the tub w/epsom salts,a glass of red,candles that my wife lit..& Rita's book.. a 1 hour soak & a percocet later,,I was living in the chins life ,only, i was in the tub maxed out..good book so far ..i'm half way thru it.

read that book quite recently, surprised he had that much power in Hollywood, and las vegas, he was smooth, not a bully like spilotro, and his kind, rosselli developed many friendships with powerful people, made the outfit millions.

quite a contrast between he and sam giancana, compared to rosselli giancana was a savage animal.

anxious to read that one, one thing that amazed me was that chin was a good light heavyweight fighter, his record can be found on boxrec. com

Just comin' 2 the 3/4 mark of Rita gigante's memoir...never thought i'd like it as much as i do ..very flavorful..w/ an insiders look @ the brain behind the scene of the genoveses... also ,the daughter has a whole different light 2 shed on the whole story..see how the chin dealt w/a homosexual child ( gay daughter who was afraid 2 come out of the closet).. & a mistress(4 many yrs.)....very interesting 2 say the least..

New book on the 1986 NY Giants. "According to author Jerry Barca, a favored hangout for players was The Bench, a go-go bar in Carlstadt, N.J., owned by Genovese crime family associate Vicent Ravo — a “den of debauchery” where sex and other vices were for sale. Team star Lawrence Taylor and fellow linebackers Brad Van Pelt and Brian Kelley were tight enough with Ravo — who'd been arrested for assault, kidnapping, rape and homicide — that they wrote letters of reference when the mobster pleaded guilty to a weapons charge in 1984. Taylor vacationed in the Bahamas with Ravo, and at his request made appearances at a Mob-connected furniture store and kid's birthday party".

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment...ticle-1.2740233

Just found "All-American Mafioso", about Johnny Rosselli, at the library. I'm skipping all of the parts about his upbringing. Getting right to the LA and Vegas stuff.

The Rosselli book is pretty good so far. Already provided a piece to a puzzle I've been trying to find for some time. How was Dragna ever recognized as a boss at the formation of the Commission when he was so disrespected? The answer is obvious. Johnny Rosselli. Rosselli was the brains behind everything the LA family was doing in the early '30s. The Outfit set it up perfectly, letting Dragna be boss while Rosselli was really making the moves. Same old story with the mob, as recently as the fictional Sopranos, with Junior the head stooge while Tony runs things. Just got to the chapter where Siegel moves out west. A real page turner. Recommend it to anyone interested in the west coast families.

isn't that book 40years old?

1991. So, 25 years old, by my high school math.

Not sure why it would matter.

I mean, here are some books that are over 40 years old:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens

The Bible...