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The Valachi Papers chronicle the first true insider account of America’s Mafia. In the 1960s, Joseph Valachi, a disgruntled soldier of the Genovese crime family, decided to break the mob’s code of silence. With an impressive memory for names, dates, phone numbers, and burial sites, Valachi detailed the structure of organized crime—from capos and bosses to hit men—providing chilling facts that contributed to the arrest and conviction of the nation’s leading mobsters. His revelations shattered the long‑standing secrecy that protected the Cosa Nostra and left a lasting mark on the history of American organized crime.
First publish date: 1968
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Peter Maas
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