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...
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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...
Dan Waugh, the author of Egan's Rats, is currently working on a book about the early years of the St. Louis Mafia and I believe is planning a followup on the...
Hey Rick, I've seen the one called Motorcity Mafia... I've been tempted to pick it up from the local book store... As it has a ton of pictures... A lot of...
An item on the Geas charge and an update on the Adolfo Bruno murder case can be found on MobNews: http://mob-news.blogspot.com/ Two additional stories related...
INFORMER: The Journal of American Mafia History is calling for well- researched, well-written articles* related to the history of the criminal society in the...
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Jun 9, 2008 11:41 pm
Scott Bernstein is the other author. I have to say that the Detroit Mafia history is a pretty crowded field. Not clear what this fellow can bring that the...
This is the one with Christian Slater and Chris Penn I believe... I just got done watching it on the free movie section on Comcast On Demand... I enjoyed...
I'd rate it even lower than that actually, as far as accuracy goes. It's typical Hollywood hocum. Entertaining tho. Rick Mattix ... about ... I ... questions ...
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Jun 17, 2008 7:48 am
The following americanmafia poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Informer will be a quarterly electronic-format journal devoted to...
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Jun 17, 2008 11:26 am
I have, through Jon Black, posted some first translated pages from the Nicolo Gentile autobiography on the net. The translation isn't that brilliant. The...
Explanation: I believe there were only three votes turned in on that poll. But responders were permitted to make multiple selections (subscribe and advertise)....
Dave, I think it is important to mention that the published work entitled Vita di Capomafia appears to have been first copyrighted by Editori Riuniti (Rome) in...
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Jun 17, 2008 12:43 pm
Okay, a fair point. I also have an unpublished manuscript which very closely reflects the contents of the book. From this point, then, I can post pages from...
Dave, copyright is an issue that you and Jon Black should consider. An unpublished work is not necessarily in the public domain. Certainly an unpublished...
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Jun 17, 2008 5:29 pm
I had a quite polarising debate with Steve Turner ,who has done some research with me, on whether the manuscript came before the book. For me, the MS. came...
What is the most unlikely mafia story you have read or heard that you know likely isn't true in the least? Feel free to give multiple answers......
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Jun 19, 2008 9:37 am
Because of potential legal issues if I carried on posting copies of my translation of Gentile's book on the web, I then posted 6 pages from the unpublished...
You know, it might be time for some of us to try to do this thing right - contact Crescenzi Allendorf Editori and see about acquiring the rights to publish an...
The summer issue of the On the Spot journal deals entirely with the history of the American Mafia. Contents: - "A Test of Resolve: The 1932 Mafia Murder of...
Ryan, Trouble is: There's often a kernel of truth in even the most outrageous Mafia yarn. (We'll talk about the reputed Luciano underworld purge at some point,...
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Jun 19, 2008 4:58 pm
#Sounds good in theory but the worry is that it will get bogged down and never happen. The first problem will be contacting the Italian publisher. I tried...
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Jun 24, 2008 11:58 am
Talking about copyright issues, check this out, the full "Kill the Dutchman" book on the web: http://www.killthedutchman.net/ Dave Critchley....
