I just bought the Gotti Book read a little bit of it. Was thinking of getting American Desperado I haven't heard one bad review about it. Maybe I'll get this book instead or both. Sick of this NY Stuff.
Fantastic history of OC in Youngstown, where Pittsburgh/Cleveland/Detroit/Buffalo all had representatives in the Youngstown area throughout 1940's-1960's until Pittsburgh & Cleveland went to war in 1977 for total control of the lucrative Youngstown rackets. The war lasted 5 years, left alot of bodies and Pittsburgh moved into Youngstown and parts of Cleveland after the upper echelon of Cleveland went to prison.
A few other books to try:
1. Corn Sugar and Blood- The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia by Rick Porello
http://www.amazon.com/The-Rise-Fall-Clev...43JNJZ6DH1T5QXQ2. To Kill the Irishman: The War that Crippled the Mafia- by Rick Porello
http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Irishman-that...easin=9662508933. Superthief by Rick Porello-
http://www.amazon.com/Superthief-Master-...6HHQM5WY2Q4HRMY4. Brancato: Mafia Street Boss by Frank Monastra (The Story of Frank Brancato)
http://www.amazon.com/Brancato-Mafia-Str...6HHQM5WY2Q4HRMY5. Inside the Vault-The True Story of a Master Bank Burglar by Amil Dinsio
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Vault-Story...G9QBSM1BCFRWR1V6. The Sly-Fanner Murders: The Birth of the Mayfield Road Mob; Cleveland's Most Notorious Mafia Gang
http://www.amazon.com/Sly-Fanner-Murders...easin=983703744 **If you're going to read these books, read them in the order I have attached them as alot of the books build off of Rick Porello's first book, Corn, Sugar & Blood
