The Valachi Papers - Hardcover

Maas, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399108327 ISBN 13: 9780399108327

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1968

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Maas's is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Underboss. His other notable bestsellers include The Valachi Papers, Serpico, Manhunt, and In a Child's Name. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0399108327
• ISBN 13: 9780399108327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 285