Mafia prince : inside America's most violent crime family and the bloddy fall of la cosa nostra

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; ACT ONE; Little Nicky & Crazy Phil; In Plain Sight; La Cosa Nostra (This Thing of Ours); Young Philip; Uncle Nick; Ducktown; Yardville; I'inizio (The Beginning); The World's Playground; The Resurrection; Becoming a Killer; Sending a Message; The Payback; Losing Control; The Big Shot Is Dead; The Ides of March, Part I (1980); Blood Oath; Thank God for the American Jury System; The Ides of March, Part II (1981); ACT TWO; The Dawn of a New Era; The New King Is Crowned; A Whole New Ballgame; The Fine Art of Revenge; The Prelude to a War.;A first-person account of the violent downfall of the traditional American Mafia in the final heyday of the 1980s. Cover Title Page Copyright CONTENTS Foreword Preface ACT ONE Little Nicky & Crazy Phil In Plain Sight La Cosa Nostra (This Thing of Ours) Young Philip Uncle Nick Ducktown Yardville I'inizio (The Beginning) The World's Playground The Resurrection Becoming a Killer Sending a Message The Payback Losing Control The Big Shot Is Dead The Ides of March, Part I (1980) Blood Oath Thank God for the American Jury System The Ides of March, Part II (1981) ACT TWO The Dawn of a New Era The New King Is Crowned A Whole New Ballgame The Fine Art of Revenge The Prelude to a War. An Old Foe ReturnsThe Summer of '82 Taking a Break Business as Usual Cleaning the Boat Falling Apart Back in Business Dead Man Walking Heading South for the Winter Memories The Underboss The Beginning of the End US v. Nicodemo Scarfo, Philip Leonetti, et al ACT THREE Good-Bye, Good Riddance The End of an Era On the Road Again Starting Over The Diary of a Madman Lost at Sea Going Home The Back Nine Looking Back, Moving Forward The New Millennium Que Sera, Sera Epilogue The Last Word Dedications/Acknowledgments Index. CONTAINS A NEW EPILOGUE!" Mafia Prince is the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history —“Little" Nicky Scarfo's reign as boss of the Philly family in the 1980s—written by Scarfo's underboss and nephew, “Crazy" Phil Leonetti. The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 31, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent downfall of the traditional American Mafia in the 1980s when he infiltrated Atlantic City after gambling was legalized, and later turned state's evidence against his own. His testimony directly led to the convictions of dozens of high-ranking made men including John Gotti, Vincent Gigante, and his own uncle, Nicky Scarfo—sparking the beginning of the end of La Cosa Nostra . Just as The Godfather and Boardwalk Empire defined the early 20th century Mafia, and Wiseguy and Casino depicted the next great era through the '70s, Mafia Prince concludes this epic... MONEY, MURDER, AND MACHIAVELLIAN MAYHEM . . . CONTAINS A NEW EPILOGUE Mafia Prince is the first person account of one of the most brutal eras in Mafia history -- "Little Nicky" Scarfo's reign as boss of the Philadelphia family in the 1980s -- written by Scarfo's underboss and nephew, "Crazy Phil" Leonetti. The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 33, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent breakup of the traditional American Mafia in the 1980s when he infiltrated Atlantic City after gambling was legalized, and later turned state's evidence against his own. His testimony led directly to the convictions of dozens of high-ranking men including John Gotti, Vincent Gigante, and the downfall of his own uncle, Nick Scarfo -- sparking the beginning of the end of La Cosa Nostra (the insiders' term for the Mafia, translated as "This Thing of Ours").