Thats a good question, silverman was really a nobody, he moved to florida and wrote marked card and rougue mobster... but the guys he wrote about were holding power through 1990-2007

its a wierd subject becuase its about guys whos story have never been told before and theres alot of twists and ties to it. Some would say its even jucier than whitey and flemmis story. by the 90's alot of the action in MA was moving to cities like medford,someville,malden,everett,revere instead of the traditional nieghborhoods of east boston, south boston, charlestown and the north end. it was a wierd time and people these days trying to write books about these crews from medford and revere have a tough time deciding wich players were worth writing about( in my opinion its the guys who actually had the balls to pull the triggers) BUT TO BE HONEST SILVERMAN WAS A NOBODY, but the guys in th book were the real deal. SOME OF THE OTHER MASS GUYS ON HERE WOULD PROBALY GET A KICK OUT OF IT.

BIG paul decologero- who ran his crew out f the unsuspecting suburbs of woburn and burlington.

Niel mazza- a leftover from winter hill.

lonnie hillson- low level medford/everett guy

brian porreca- government informant killed by his handlers in las vegas fro hot dose had 10 g;s on him. was a pro boxer in the 80's and masterminded the carrot scam.

- kevin mucka mccormick a malden pimp and drug dealer- ran a very succesful prostittuuion ring. was tried for attempted murder in 1996 but was murderd himself in 1999 outside a malden bar

Mccormick used to pay off a malden cop named dave jordan but jordan went to the fbi and told them mccormick was payong him off

jordan the cop would later end up in federal prison himself fro robbng a coke dealer.

billy angelesco- suspect in several unsolved murders

gene giangrande- suspect in several unsolve dmurders

theN theres the two guys from medford AB BC.

richy sperlinga- sal sperlinga son

bobby rennell- low level somerville guy

gigi portalla and his crew- revere standout renegade faction

joey mongiello- left over from medford/somerville was with WHG.

COULD OF WROTE A BETTER BOOK MYSELF BUT WHOS GOT THE TIME, AND THERES THE DESECION OF WHOS WORTH WRITING ABOUT.

The younger guys from eastie, revere and medford were just as violent as the oldtimers were in there day but.. so many of those murders from 1989-up until now are unsolved thats why no one wants to write there story, and in true wiseguy fashion osme of them have never uttered aword..

was thinking about doing a chart of the bosotn guys fom the 90's but no one would be familar unless your from new england.