Made Men (Paperback)

Paperback. In a riveting exploration of the Jersey mafia, Greg B. Smith pulls back the curtain on the notorious DeCavalcante familyFor years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New Yorkthe likes of the Gambinos and the Columbos. Dismissed by the big-city capos, the DeCavalcantes finally came into their own when they found their lives mirrored in the television hit, The Sopranos. Overnight it legitimized the made men of the Garden State. Now they were a familia to be reckoned with. Unfortunately with high profile came high risk. As member turned against member, as trusted friend turned terrified informant, the FBI put the brakes on the DeCavalcantes explosive ride into infamy, hastening a fall from honor that would become as infamous as their notorious ascension into the annals of organized crime.Based on more than 1,000 hours of secretly recorded conversations, Made Men delivers for the first time, the unprecedented and completely uncensored behind-the-scenes truth of a historically clandestine worldof violent life and sudden death inside and outside the mob, told by the very men who made it. The true story of the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in New Jersey is told. Once dismissed by New York capos, the family finally came into its own because of the success of the HBO series "The Sopranos." Based on secretly recorded conversations, this account delivers the unprecedented and uncensored behind-the-scenes truth of a historically clandestine world. photos. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…