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WAR OF THE GODFATHERS
Roemer, William F.
1990 48142 The stakes - Las Vegas. The players - Bonanno vs. Accardo. William F. Roemer, Jr., is the renowned FBI agent whose relentless crusade against the mob outshone even that of legendary crime buster Eliot Ness. Only Roemer - the most-decorated hero in the FBI and the most-wanted man on the underworld's hit list - could tell the electrifying inside story of the no-holds-barred duel that pitted the reigning dons of New York and Chicago against each other for the most precious jewel in the organized crime crown - Vegas. Featuring the battling godfathers themselves - Joe Bonanno and Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo - plus a rogues gallery of high rollers, professional hitters, capos, underbosses, and soldiers, here are the strategies, the setups, the takedowns, and the double crosses in the real words of the men who cut the deals - and the throats - in the biggest, deadliest power play in the history of the mob and the annals of true crime. ""Exciting reading . . . Roemer's experience has left him with some fascinating tales, and this is one of them." - The Kirkus Reviews Publishers Weekly The author, who wrote of his 30 years as an FBI agent in Roemer , here covers some of the same material as a preface to his story of the gangland war for Las Vegas. The background: the five New York Costa Nostra families were to have Atlantic City as their territory to reap gambling profits, while Nevada was reserved for the Chicago mob. Joe Bonnano of the Brooklyn family, who retired to Tucson, Ariz., attempted to upset the arrangement by taking over Las Vegas; his chief opponent was Tony Accardo. The violent struggle lasted from 1986 to 1989 and ended in a victory for the Chicagoans, with Roemer working on the case as a consultant to the Chicago Crime Commission and as an investigator for the U.S. Senate Rackets Committee. The victory, however, was a Pyrrhic one, for it led to a trial in which a dozen leaders of organized crime in the Windy City were found guilty and much of the Mafia's power there broken. The author's encyclopedic knowledge makes the book a unique contribution to U.S. crime history. (Nov.) Library Journal In 1986, the Chicago Mafia violently repulsed a bid by the Joe Bonnano crime family to wrest control of the Las Vegas underworld. It was a pyrrhic victory; afterward most of the top Chicago mob figures were convicted of various crimes. The author, a former FBI agent who investigated the Las Vegas brawl , knows his subject. Although he employs fictional characters and invented dialog to dramatize these events, his account is probably reliable and generally readable. Suitable for larger organized crime collections.- Fine, Donald I. Books 1-55611-193-2 / 9781556111938
Hardcover As New Condition Very Good w/shelf Wear Edges New York out of Print
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