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Smalltime
- A Story of My Family and the Mob
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 167
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a city in its brawny postwar prime, is where Little Joe Regino and Russ Shorto build a local gambling empire on the earnings of factory workers for whom placing a bet - on a horse or pool game, pinball or Tip seal - is their best shot at the American dream. Decades later, Russell Shorto grew up knowing that his grandfather was a small-town mobster, but never thought to write about him, in keeping with an unspoken family vow of silence. Then a distant cousin prodded him: You gotta write about it.
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Poignant and revealing history
- By Suze71 on 02-06-21
- Smalltime
- A Story of My Family and the Mob
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
Great historical read of Johnstown's own LCN
Reviewed: 03-01-21
As an Italian American son growing up in Cambria County, I'd hear stories of these days gone by, of the men who ran Jtown behind the scenes, of the places and persons no longer here to share. The author does an amazing job bringing this era back to life. Great read, shared in a captivating way.
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