Cosa Nostra
A History of the Sicilian Mafia
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Word Count
120,750 words, Guess
Page Count
483 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10676721M
- ISBN-139780340824344
- ISBN-100340824344
- OCLC Control Number53124308
- OCLC Control Numbercosanostrahistor0000dick
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004381437
- Goodreads543792
- LibraryThing153738
Classifications
- LCCHV6453.I83 M32694
Description
From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, this is a vivid and gripping history of the Sicilian Mafia's inner sanctum.
First Sentence
Palermo became an Italian city on 7 June 1860 when, under the terms of a ceasefire, two long columns of defeated troops snaked out from its eastern edges, and doubled back round outside the walls to await the ships that would ferry them home to Naples.
Excerpt
Palermo became an Italian city on 7 June 1860 when, under the terms of a ceasefire, two long columns of defeated troops snaked out from its eastern edges, and doubled back round outside the walls to await the ships that would ferry them home to Naples.
Description
"Cosa Nostra vividly reconstructs the stories of the men and women who have lived and died in the mafia's shadow. It explains how the mafia began, how it responds to threats and challenges and how it maintains its grip on the society where it was born. Cosa Nostra takes us inside the thought-processes of the mafia's leaders and foot soldiers, its friends and its foes. Its cast of characters includes Antonino Giammona, the first man with a claim to the title 'boss of bosses'; Emanuele Notarbartolo, the honest and courageous banker who in 1893 became the mafia's first 'eminent corpse'; New York cop Joe Petrosino who underestimated the Sicilian mafia and paid for this with his life, and Bernardo 'the Tractor' Provenzano, the current boss of bosses who has been in hiding in Sicily since 1963."--BOOK JACKET.
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