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The Valachi Papers
The
Valachi Papers
by Peter Maas.
Published
by Harper Perennial.
First published 1968.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 006050742X
ISBN-13: 978-0060507428
Description:
“As
fascinating as fiction, a bloody history of the Mafia as lived by one of its
members." – New York Times Book Review.
The First
Inside Account of the Mafia.
The
Valachi Papers is a biography written by Peter Maas, telling the true story of
former mafia member Joe Valachi, a low-ranking member of the New York based
Genovese crime family, was the first ever government witness coming from the
American Mafia itself. His account of his criminal past revealed many
previously unknown details of the Mafia. The book was made into a film (The
Valachi Papers), released in 1972, starring Charles Bronson as Valachi. In
October 1963, Valachi testified before Senator John L. McClellan's
congressional committee on organized crime, the Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations of the U.S. Senate Committee on Government Operations. In the
so-called Valachi hearings he gave the American public a firsthand account of
Mafia activities in the United States.
In the
1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to
spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of
silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized
crime from the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who
"clipped" rivals and turncoats. With a phenomenal memory for names,
dates, addresses, phone numbers – and where the bodies were buried – Joe
Valachi provided the chilling facts that led to the arrest and conviction of
America's major crime figures.
The rest
is history.
Never
again would the Mob be protected by secrecy. For the Mafia, Valachi's name
would become synonymous with betrayal. But his stunning exposé broke the back
of America's Cosa Nostra and stands today as the classic about America's Mob, a
fascinating tale of power and terror, big money, crime. . . and murder.
The bloody
history of the Mafia as lived by one of its members.
“A highly
readable narrative…. A story littered with bodies and unsolved crimes,
betrayals and beatings, oaths, ritual, and revenge.” – Newsweek.
“A classic
on crime.” – Life.
by Peter Maas.
First published 1968.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 006050742X
ISBN-13: 978-0060507428
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