THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CLEVELAND MAFIA: Corn Sugar And Blood

black & black 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. faint scratch on the rear, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing so stated. 239p. +"about the author". glossy b&w photo illustrations. references. index. american history. politics. organized crime. bootlegging. prohibition. secret societies. conspiracy theory. mayfield road gang. moe dalitz. las vegas. meyer lansky. lucky luciano. unione siciliane. ~ The story persisted in magazine and newspaper articles for decades but was somehow overlooked in the history books. Thus The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia is a long~awaited work for Mafia buffs. It describes the Sugar War, a Prohibition~era series of conflicts over control of corn sugar, a primary ingredient in hooch, bootleg booze. This is the only book to detail the first top~level national meeting of the Sicilian American Mafia. Also, this book offers the first detailed look at the life of Angelo "Big Ange" Lonardo. Big Ange boldly avenged his father's murder during the Sugar War and rose through the ranks of the Cleveland Mafia to become its boss. The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia explores the rise of the Cleveland Mafia to third in rank after New York City and Chicago. Detailed are the important connections with mega~mobsters like Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky, and the Cleveland mob's move into Las Vegas. Through the sworn testimony of "Big Ange" Lonardo, readers learn about the secret life of Dr. Joseph Romano, a skilled surgeon. The mystery surrounding Romano's brutal murder, unsolved for five decades is finally solved in these pages. Rick Porrello comes from a Mafia family. He began research for The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia nine years ago to learn about the murders of his notorious grandfather and three uncles, all principals in this book. He is a ten~year veteran of a Cleveland police agency and holds a degree in criminal justice.…