Made Men : The True Rise-and-Fall Story of a New Jersey Mob Family

Greg B. Smith

ISBN 10: 0425185516 / ISBN 13: 9780425185513

Published by Random House Feb 2003, 2003

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Neuware - 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 York the 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 DeCavalcante s 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 world of violent life and sudden death inside and outside the mob, told by the very men who made it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Made Men : The True Rise-and-Fall Story of a New Jersey Mob Family
• Publisher: Random House Feb 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425185516
• ISBN 13: 9780425185513
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 171W x 106H x 22D millimeters 171 millimeters width by 106 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 220 grams

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Synopsis

In a riveting exploration of the Jersey mafia, Greg B. Smith pulls back the curtain on the notorious DeCavalcante family

For years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New York—the 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 DeCavalcante’s 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 world—of violent life and sudden death inside and outside the mob, told by the very men who made it.

About the Author

Greg B. Smith, reporter for The New York Daily News, covers the federal courts in Brooklyn and Manhattan that serve as Ground Zero in the battle to end mafia influence in America. An investigative reporter for nearly twenty years, Smith has written for The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Examiner, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and other newspapers around the country. He’s also a frequent guest on TV and radio discussing everything from racketeering to the Latin Kings street gang to world terrorist organizations. Mr. Smith lives with his wife and two boys in Brooklyn, New York.