An edition of The Valachi Papers (1968)

The Valachi papers

  • 5.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 54 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read
The Valachi papers
Peter Maas, Peter Maas
Locate

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 5.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 54 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
September 22, 2024 | History
An edition of The Valachi Papers (1968)

The Valachi papers

  • 5.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 54 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

The first inside account of the Mafia.

In the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crime from the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who "clipped" rivals and turncoats. With a phenomenal memory for names, dates, addresses, phone numbers—and where the bodies were buried—Joe Valachi provided the chilling facts that led to the arrest and conviction of America's major crime figures.

The rest is history.

Never again would the Mob be protected by secrecy. For the Mafia, Valachi's name would become synonymous with betrayal. But his stunning exposé. broke the back of America's Cosa Nostra and stands today as the classic about America's Mob, a fascinating tale of power and terror, big money, crime ... and murder.

Publish Date
Publisher
Perennial
Language
English
Pages
277

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: The Valachi papers
The Valachi papers
2003, Perennial
in English - 1st Perennial ed.
Cover of: The Valachi papers
The Valachi papers
2002, Perennial
in English
Cover of: The Valachi papers
The Valachi papers
1970, Panther
in English
Cover of: The Valachi papers.
The Valachi papers.
1968, Putnam
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
New York

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiii, 277 p.
Number of pages
277

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22143630M
ISBN 10
006050742X
OCLC/WorldCat
51915741
Library Thing
262015
Goodreads
55515

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
September 22, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 5, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 26, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
May 24, 2019 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
November 7, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Talis record