Blood and honor : inside the Scarfo mob, the Mafia's most violent family

Traces the rise and fall of the Scarfo family, one of the most violent Mafia families in America. Here is the critically acclaimed inside story, now in an expanded edition, about the rise and fall of Philadelphia's notorious Scarfo organization. Blunt and unsparing, it is a first-hand account of murder, money, and corruption told by wiseguy-turned-witness Nick Caramandi, whose testimony put Nicky Scarfo and many of his associates behind bars for the rest of their lives. A prime target for hit men to this day, Caramandi continues to survive only through the government's Witness Protection Program. In this updated edition of Blood and Honor, author George Anastasia picks up the story where he left off, filling us in on the fates of all the characters--major and minor--in recent years. Mafia—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia Metropolitian Area—Case studies / Scarfo, Nicodemo Domenic, 1929–