Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter One • The Nineteenth Century: Early Hoods and Street Brawlers
    1. David Hennessy
    2. Max “Kid Twist” Zwerbach
    3. Joseph Petrosino
    4. “Big” Jack Zelig
  5. Chapter Two • Prohibition: Rum Runners and Beer Barons
    1. James “Big Jim” Colosimo
    2. Edward “Monk” Eastman
    3. Umberto Valenti
    4. Nathan “Kid Dropper” Kaplan
    5. Charles Dean O’Banion
    6. Salvatore “Samoots” Amatuna
    7. Hymie Weiss
    8. Jacob “Little Augie” Orgen
    9. Francesco Ioele (Frankie Yale)
    10. Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein
    11. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
    12. John Scalise and Albert Anselmi
  6. Chapter Three • The Dirty Thirties: Crime Gets Organized
    1. Alfred “Jake” Lingle
    2. Jack Zuta
    3. Giuseppe Morello
    4. Joe Aiello
    5. Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria
    6. Salvatore Maranzano
    7. The Collingwood Manor Massacre
    8. Jack “Legs” Diamond
    9. Vincent Coll
    10. Charles “Vannie” Higgins
    11. Charles “King” Solomon
    12. Gus Winkler
    13. Vernon Clate Miller
    14. John Lazia
    15. Ferdinand Boccia
    16. Louis Alterie
    17. Abraham “Bo” Weinberg
    18. Louis “Pretty” Amberg
    19. Dutch Schultz
    20. “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn
    21. Walter Sage
    22. Peter Panto
    23. Irving “Puggy” Feinstein
    24. Edward “Easy Eddie” O’Hare
  7. Chapter Four • The Forties, Fifties and Sixties: Crime Grows Up
    1. Abe “Kid Twist” Reles
    2. Carlo Tresca
    3. William “Dinty” Colbeck
    4. Rocco Perri
    5. Lawrence Mangano
    6. James Ragen
    7. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
    8. Charles Binaggio
    9. Vincent Mangano
    10. Anthony Brancato & Anthony Trombino
    11. Guarino “Willie” Moretti
    12. Albert “The Mad Hatter” Anastasia
    13. Gus Greenbaum
    14. Abner Zwillman
    15. Anthony Carfano
    16. Jack Whalen
    17. Roger Touhy
    18. Alberto Agueci
    19. Charles “Lucky” Luciano
    20. Ernest “The Hawk” Rupolo
    21. James “Buddy” McLean
  8. Chapter Five • The Seventies: Taking Care of Business
    1. Joseph Gallo
    2. Donald Killeen
    3. Thomas Eboli
    4. Sam “Mad Man” DeStefano
    5. Richard Cain
    6. Alex “Shondor” Birns
    7. Sam Giancana
    8. Jimmy Hoffa
    9. Joe “The Animal” Barboza
    10. “Handsome” Johnny Roselli
    11. Richard J. Castucci
    12. Frank “Bomp” Bompensiero
    13. Danny Greene
    14. Johnny Mendell
    15. Joseph Colombo
    16. Thomas “Two-Gun Tommy” DeSimone
    17. Harvey “Chris” Rosenberg
    18. Carmine “Lilo” Galante
  9. Chapter Six • The Eighties: The Lawfights Back
    1. Angelo Bruno
    2. Philip Testa
    3. Alphonse Indelicato, Dominick Trinchera, Philip Giaccone
    4. Dominick Napolitano
    5. Roy DeMeo
    6. Jasper Campise & John Gattuso
    7. Robert Riccobene
    8. Cesare Bonventre
    9. Salvatore Testa
    10. Paul “Big Paulie” Castellano
    11. Frank DeCicco
    12. Vladimir Reznikov
    13. Anthony Spilotro
    14. Michael “The Bat” DeBatt
    15. Wilfred “Willie Boy” Johnson
  10. Chapter Seven • The Ninetiesto Today: Modern Times
    1. Mario Riccobene
    2. Herbert “Fat Herbie” Blitzstein
    3. Gerlando Sciascia
    4. Adolfo Bruno
    5. Nicolo Rizzuto
    6. Salvatore Montagna
  11. List of Illustrations
  12. Copyright

Landmarks

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Introduction
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Copyright Page