Are there two Johnny Fishers? I know of the one who shot Hymie Miller, but he was an actor, not a racketeer.. Strangely I remember him because I did research...
Any information on the Renda or Mirabile Families of Detroit (other than the Adamo brothers sought their help when fleeing Wyandotte from the Gianolla Family)?...
Who were the early Sicilian clans in Chicago (pre-Genna Family)? Was Salvatore Cardinella a Black Hander or a Mafia power that the Colosimo-Torrio group...
Semifinalists in the Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards have been announced. In the True Crime category, the semifinalists are: - The Case Against Lucky...
Hi All,does anyone have any info regarding Hy Larner?Seemingly a Chicago based member of the Lansky organization or,perhaps, the Chicago Outfit i first came...
374
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
May 15, 2008 10:57 am
I asked someone who is clued up about the Mafia about that Luciano book. He said it was, for the researcher, a good effort. But on Luciano himself, it didn't...
375
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
May 15, 2008 10:57 am
What Mafia-Camorra war? Not one that David Chandler described, I hope ......
376
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
May 15, 2008 11:04 am
I must say that the article on the "Good Killers" by Niagara Falls Reporter Mike Hudson is risible. He gets it wrong, factually, all over the place. I'd like...
... hope ... ... Chandler did write about a supposed Mafia-Camorra war in New York City in 1889 (Brothers in Blood, p. 110). He provided no details and no...
... you're ... Hmm. Do you think that might be why the book was titled, "The Case Against Lucky Luciano"? I'm honestly not sure why you chose to share the...
... Very interesting questions. I wish I had answers for them. You point out an area of Chicago underworld research that has been largely ignored. Chicago...
381
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
May 15, 2008 1:13 pm
I couldn't agree more, Tom. Spot on. Although we criticise folks like Chandler, half of the fun is to prove these guys wrong (though not that hard to do)....
What Dave stated is pretty much what I've heard about the book as well. With that said you're right, I haven't read it for myself based on reviews I got from...
383
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
May 16, 2008 10:46 am
The book will be out in September. Can be pre-ordered from Amazon (David Critchley book on the New York City Mafia). On the Luciano book, I would in any case...
I of course meet the appropriate drinking standards and don't think I'm on probation from the true-crime writing fraternity at this time (tho I have made a...
Congratulations to Ellen Poulsen, whose book, "The Case Against Lucky Luciano," won a silver medal in the True Crime category of the 2008 Independent Publisher...
Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia by Thomas Hunt and Martha Macheca Sheldon has won the Silver Medal in the South Region...
387
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
May 23, 2008 10:32 am
Congratulations, Tom, very well deserved. Dave....
388
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
May 30, 2008 9:13 pm
Within the theme of the book, the case against Luciano, I think she did an admirable job. My quibble would only be with her account of Luciano's life before...
389
americanmafia@yahoogr...
Jun 2, 2008 1:46 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the americanmafia group: Informer will be a quarterly electronic-format journal devoted to the history...
Hey just wanted to see whats been going on... I'm on a mafia kick again... But anyway I'm trying to figure out the name of this prohibition book... Its not the...
I think the book I was thinking of is The Bootleggers and their Era by Kenneth Allsop... So I think I just answered my own question... I also just put in an...
I'm reading two books actually... The first one The Violent Years by Kavieff... I've read before but was in the mood to read it again... And the second one the...
393
ukthesis
ukthesis@...
Jun 5, 2008 12:20 am
I tried to vote, but I went round in circles. Kept asking the same questions before I could even get there. ... the history of the American Mafia. Given just...
... Dave, I'm not sure if you ever actually signed up as a member of this group. I believe the group allows message posting from non-members, but restricts...
