The American "MAFIA" - Bibliography

The American Mafia
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books are listed first, followed by newspaper
and magazine articles and then movies.

B O O K S

Author Title of Work City Publisher Year

Albini, Joseph The American Mafia: Genesis of a Legend New York Appleton-Century-Crofts 1971

Allen, Oliver E. The Tiger: The Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall New York Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1993

Anbinder, Tyler Five Points New York The Free Press 2001

Arlacchi, Pino Men of Dishonor: Inside the Sicilian Mafia New York William Morrow & Company, Inc. 1992

Asbury, Herbert The French Quarter Garden City, NY Garden City Publishing Co. 1938

Asbury, Herbert The Gangs of Chicago New York Thunder's Mouth Press 1986

Asbury, Herbert The Gangs of New York New York Alfred A. Knopf 1928

Balsamo, William and Carpozi, George Under the Clock: The Inside Story of the Mafia's First 100 Years Far Hills, NJ New Horizon Press 1988

Barzini, Luigi From Caesar to the Mafia New York The Library Press 1971

Barzini, Luigi The Italians New York Atheneum 1964

Binder, John J. The Chicago Outfit Chicago Arcadia 2003

Blumenthal, Ralph Last Days of the Sicilians New York Random House 1988

Bonanno, Bill * Bound by Honor New York St. Martin's Press 1999

Bonanno, Joseph (with Sergio Lalli)* A Man of Honor New York Simon and Schuster 1983

Brennan, Bill The Frank Costello Story Derby, CT Monarch Books, Inc. 1962

Catania, Enzo MAFIA New York St. Martin's Press 1978

Catanzaro, Raimondo Men of Respect: A Social History of the Sicilian Mafia New York The Free Press 1988

Chandler, David Brothers in Blood: The Rise of the Criminal Brotherhoods New York Dutton 1975

Cook, Fred J. Mafia! Greenwich, CT Fawcett Publications, Inc. 1973

Cook, Fred J. The Pinkertons Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company 1974

Cressey, Donald R. Theft of the Nation: The Structure and Operations of Organized Crime New York Harper & Row 1969

Crittle, Simon The Last Godfather: The Rise and Fall of Joey Massino New York Berkley Books 2006

Davis, John H. Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family New York Harper Torch 1994

Davis, John H. Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy New York McGraw-Hill Publishing Company 1989

Demaris, Ovid Captive City New York Lyle Stuart, Inc. 1969

Demaris, Ovid The Last Mafioso New York Bantam Books 1981

Dickie, John Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia New York Palgrave MacMillan 2004

Downey, Patrick Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935 Fort Lee, NJ Barricade 2004

Dubro, James Mob Rule: Inside the Canadian Mafia Toronto Macmillan of Canada 1985

English, T.J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster New York Regan Books, Harper Collins 2005

English, T.J. The Westies: Inside the Hell's Kitchen Mob New York G.P. Putnam's Sons 1990

Feder, Sid and Joesten, Joachim The Luciano Story New York David McKay Corporation 1954

Federal Bureau of Investigation MAFIA Monograph based on a memo dated July 9, 1958, from W.C. Sullivan to A.H. Belmont 1958

Fentress, James Rebels and Mafiosi: Death in a Sicilian Landscape Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2000

Fiaschetti, Michael* The Man They Couldn't Escape London Selwyn and Blount 1928

Foreman, Laura (editor) True Crime: Mafia New York Time-Life Books 1993

Fowler, Gene Beau James: The Life and Times of Jimmy Walker New York Viking Press 1949

Fox, Stephen Blood and Power: Organized Crime in Twentieth Century America New York William Morrow and Co., Inc. 1989

Gage, Nicholas The Mafia is not an Equal Opportunity Employer New York McGraw-Hill Book Company 1971

Gage, Nicholas (editor) Mafia, U.S.A. Chicago Playboy Press 1972

Gambino, Richard Vendetta Garden City, NY Doubleday & Co. 1977

Gentile, Nick* Vita di Capomafia Rome Editori Riuniti 1963

Gentile, Nick* Vita di Capomafia Rome Crescenzi Allendorf 1993

Gentry, Curt J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets New York W.W. Norton and Company 1991

Giancana, Sam and Chuck Double Cross New York Warner Books, Inc. 1992

Goddard, Donald Joey: A Biography New York Harper & Row 1974

Gosch, Richard and Hammer, Richard* The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano Boston Little, Brown and Company 1975

Hamill, Pete Why Sinatra Matters Back Bay Books 2003

Hammer, Richard Playboy's Illustrated History of Organized Crime Chicago Playboy Press 1975

Heckethorn, Charles William Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries Whitefish, MT Kessinger Publishing Reprint of 1897 edition

Hess, Henner (transl. by Ewald Osers) Mafia & Mafiosi: Origin, Power and Myth New York New York University Press 1996

Hoffa, James R.* The Trials of Jimmy Hoffa Chicago Henry Regnery Company 1970

Horan, James D. The Pinkertons: The Detective Dynasty that Made History New York Bonanza Books 1967

Horan, James D. and Swiggett, Howard The Pinkerton Story London William Heinemann Ltd. 1952

Hunt, Thomas and Sheldon, Martha Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia iUniverse, Inc. 2006

Jeffers, H. Paul The Napoleon of New York: Mayor Fiorello La Guardia New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002

Katcher, Leo The Big Bankroll: The Life and Times of Arnold Rothstein New York Harper & Brothers 1959

Katz, Leonard Uncle Frank: The Biography of Frank Costello New York Drake Publishers, Inc. 1973

Katzenbach, Nicholas (chairman) President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice: The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office 1967

Kefauver, Estes* Crime in America Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1951

Kennedy, Robert F.* The Enemy Within New York Harper & Brothers 1960

Lacy, Robert Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life Boston Little, Brown and Company 1991

Lamothe, Leon and Nicaso, Antonio Bloodlines: The Rise and Fall of the Mafia's Royal Family Toronto HarperCollins 2001

Lewis, Norman The Honored Society New York G.P.Putnam's Sons 1964

Maclean, Don Don Maclean's Pictorial History of the Mafia New York Galahad Books 1974

Maas, Peter The Valachi Papers New York Pocket Books 1986

Maas, Peter Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia New York Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. 1997

Maclean, Don Pictorial History of the Mafia New York Galahad Books 1974

Maxwell, Gavin Bandit New York Harper & Brothers 1956

McClellan, John L. Crime Without Punishment Toronto Popular Library 1963

McPhaul, Jack Johnny Torrio: First of the Gang Lords New Rochelle, NY Arlington House 1970

Messick, Hank Lansky New York Berkley Publishing Company 1971

Messick, Hank and Goldblatt, Burt The Mobs and the Mafia: The Illustrated History of Organized Crime New York Ballantine Books, Inc. 1972

Mitgang, Herbert Once Upon a Time in New York New York The Free Press 2000

Morello, Celeste A. Before Bruno: The History of the Philadelphia Mafia: Book 1 - 1880-1931 Philadelphia, PA Jefferies & Manz 2000

Morello, Celeste A. Before Bruno: The History of the Philadelphia Mafia: Book 2 - 1931-1946 Philadelphia, PA Jefferies & Manz 2001

Mori, Cesare* The Last Struggle with the Mafia London Putnam 1933

Nelli, Humbert S. The Business of Crime Chicago University of Chicago Press 1976

O'Brien, Joseph F. and Kurins, Andris* Boss of Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather: The FBI and Paul Castellano New York Simon & Schuster 1991

O'Neill, Gerard and Lehr, Dick The Underboss New York St. Martin's Press 1989

Petacco, Arrigo Joe Petrosino New York Macmillan Publishing Company 1974

Petro, Sylvester Power Unlimited - The Corruption of Union Leadership New York The Ronald Press Company 1959

Peterson, Virgil Barbarians in Our Midst Boston Little, Brown & Co. 1952

Peterson, Virgil The Mob: 200 Years of Organized Crime Ottawa, Illinois Green Hill Publishers 1983

Pietrusza, David Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series New York Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003

Pileggi, Nicholas Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family New York Simon & Schuster 1985

Pistone, Joseph D.* Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia New York New American Library 1987

Pitkin, Thomas Monroe and Cordasco, Francesco The Black Hand: A Chapter in Ethnic Crime Totowa, NJ Littlefield, Adams & Co. 1977

Plate, Thomas The Mafia at War New York The New York Magazine Press 1972

Porello, Rick Superthief Novelty Ohio Next Hat Press 2006

Porello, Rick The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia: Corn Sugar and Blood Fort Lee, NJ Barricade Books 1995

Reid, Ed MAFIA New York Random House 1952

Reid, Ed The Grim Reapers: The Anatomy of Organized Crime in America Chicago Henry Regnery Company 1969

Reid, Ed The Shame of New York New York Random House 1953

Repetto, Thomas American Mafia: A History of its Rise to Power New York Henry Holt and Company 2004

Roemer, William F.* Man Against the Mob Dutton Adult 1989

Romano, Salvatore F. Storia Della Mafia Italy Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 1966

Salerno, Ralph and Tompkins, John S. The Crime Confederation New York Popular Library 1969

Schiavo, Giovanni The Truth About the Mafia and Organized Crime in America El Paso, TX The Vigo Press 1962

Serao, E. (translated by Baron Bernardo Quaranta di San Severino) King of the Camorra (historical fiction) New York G.W. Dillingham Company 1912

Scott, Peter Dale Deep Politics and the Death of JFK Berkeley University of California Press 1993

Selvaggi, Giuseppe The Rise of the Mafia in New York, translated from La Mia Tomba E New York Indianapolis/New York The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. 1978

Servadio, Gaia Mafioso: A History of the Mafia New York Stein and Day 1976

Servadio, Gaia To a Different World: In the Land of the Mafia London Hamish Hamilton 1979

Short, Martin Crime Inc.: The Story of Organised Crime London Arrow Books Ltd. 1997

Smith, Greg B. Made Men New York Berkley Books 2003

Sondern, Frederick Brotherhood of Evil: The Mafia New York Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1959

Sterling, Claire Octopus: The Long Reach of the International Sicilian Mafia New York W.W. Norton & Company, New York 1990

Theresa, Vincent* My Life in the Mafia Garden City, New York Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1973

Thompson, Craig and Allen, Raymond Gang Rule in New York: The Story of a Lawless Era New York The Dial Press 1940

Turkus, Burton, and Feder, Sid* Murder Inc. New York Da Capo Press 1992

Walsh, George Gentleman Jimmy Walker: Mayor of the Jazz Age New York Praeger 1974

Wolf, George (with Joseph DiMona) Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Underworld New York William Morrow & Company, Inc. 1974

A R T I C L E S

Coxe, John E. "The New Orleans Mafia Incident" The Louisiana Historical Quarterly New Orleans, La. The Louisiana Historical Society Vol. 20, No. 4, October 1937

Davis, J. Richard "Dixie"* "Things I Couldn't Tell Till Now" Collier's Springfield, Ohio The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. 6 parts: July 22, 1939, through Aug. 26, 1939

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Secrets Revealed: The Barrel Murder Mystery Solved" The Fort Wayne Sentinel Fort Wayne, Indiana May 2, 1914

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Inner Secrets Laid Bare: On the Trail of Lupo the Wolf and Morello" Washington Post Washington, D.C. May 3, 1914, p. 8

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Inner Secrets Laid Bare: Confession of 'Comito,' Tool of the Black Hand" Washington Post Washington, D.C. May 10, 1914

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Inner Secrets Laid Bare: In the Grip of the Black Hand" Washington Post Washington, D.C. May 17, 1914

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Inner Secrets Laid Bare: Black Hand Seeks to Throttle the Law" Washington Post Washington, D.C. May 31, 1914

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Inner Secrets Laid Bare: The Long Arm of the Black Hand" Washington Post Washington, D.C. June 7, 1914

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Inner Secrets Laid Bare: The Black Hand's Covenant With Death" Washington Post Washington, D.C. June 14, 1914, p. 5

Flynn, William J.* (chief of U.S. Secret Service) "Black Hand Inner Secrets Laid Bare: Inner Workings of the Black Hand" Washington Post Washington, D.C. June 21, 1914

Kendall, John S. "Who Killa de Chief?" Louisiana Historical Quarterly New Orleans, La The Louisiana Historical Society Vol. 22, No. 2, 1939.

Kurtz, Michael L. "Organized Crime in Louisiana History: Myth and Reality" Louisiana History New Orleans Louisiana Historical Association Fall 1983, Vol. XXIV, No. 4

Lubasch, Arnold H. "U.S. Indictment Says 9 Governed New York Mafia" New York Times New York Feb. 27, 1985, p.1

Monti, Luigi "The Mafiusi of Sicily" The Atlantic Monthly Jan. 1876, p. 58-75.

Parkhurst, A.R. Jr. "The Perils of Petrosino: How the Black Hand Gained a Foothold in America" Washington Post (obtained from N.Y. Herald) Washington, D.C. July 12, 1914, p. 6

Penn, Stanley "Alleged Heads of Mafia Groups Charged by U.S." Wall Street Journal New York Feb. 27, 1985, p.3

Powell, Stewart, et.al. "Busting the Mob" U.S. News & World Report Feb. 3, 1986, p.24

Shain, Michael and Larry Nathanson "Beginning of the End for the Mob" New York Post New York Feb. 26, 1985, p.17

Simons, Mary and Daniele Billitteri "A Wounded Mafia" LIFE New York March 1985, p.28

White, Frank Marshall "The Black hand in Control in Italian New York" The Outlook New York Aug. 16, 1913, pp. 857-865.

"Bad-Money Passers Raided" Washington Post Washington, D.C. Nov. 16, 1909, p.4

"Confession May Clear 23 Feud Murders" New York Times New York Nov. 28, 1917, p.6

"Great Trials of History: Trial of the Mafia" The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 18, 1914, p. 4

"Lupo the Wolf, Caged, Still Fights the Secret Service" Washington Post Sunday Magazine Washington, D.C. July 7, 1912, p. 1

"Old-style Mafia and Its Heirs" LIFE New York Feb. 23, 1959, p.19-26

"Organized Assassination: America's Latest Experience of the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra" The Illustated American New York Nov. 8, 1890

"The Dreaded Mafia" The Chillicothe Constitution Missouri Nov. 22, 1890

"The Mafia in New Orleans: The Italian Consul Admits the Society's Existence" New York Times New York March 17, 1891, p. 1

"The Mafia on its Own Soil" New York Times New York April 27, 1891

M O V I E S

Director Title Format Distributor Year

Meyer, Nicholas Vendetta DVD HBO Home Video 1999

Meyer, Nicholas Vendetta VHS HBO Home Video 1999

Poulette, Michel Bonanno: A Godfather's Story: The Complete Saga 2-DVD Alliance Atlantis 1998

Poulette, Michel Bonanno: A Godfather's Story VHS Artisan Home Entertainment 1998

Wendkos, Paul Honor Thy Father DVD Diamond Entertainment 1973

Mafia: The Inside Story 5-DVD Madacy Entertainment Group, Inc. 2001

* - Items marked with an asterisk contain primary source material.

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