Russo's
The Outfit is an excellent book, packed with great information, but must be surveyed carefully. Russo used some great books and other documentary sources as well as interviews. But many question his reliance on Murray Humphreys' widow and also the bibliography listings of numerous internet sources of possibly dubious value.
I'd still recommend it as essential Outfit reading. I've yet to acquire a copy of Russo's more recent biography of Sid Korshak but am looking forward to getting one.
The Outfit by Gus Russo
This is a very informative book, about 400 pages, I believe, of the Chicago Outfit history.This is pretty much everything you need to know about the outfit and its stretch to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Washinton. And of course, its untimely fall, head first into the ground. It is a stroy of a rebel among rebels, one of the most powerful criminal organizations and widely outcast by most of the underworld. The Outfit is your manual to the the Chicago Underworld.
