"A Man of Respect"
Found this on Amazon. I was looking for a better copy than what I had.
It's a entertaining story of a thug, Bepy Menesiero, who becomes the best hitter on the East Coast and later gets to run his own crew and finally his own family.
It's told in a very profane street style.

Man of Respect


"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungleā€”as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.