
The First Family
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
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Narrated by:
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Lloyd James
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By:
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Mike Dash
Born into a life of poverty in rural Sicily, Morello became an American nightmare, pioneering the bizarre initiation rituals, imaginative protection rackets, influential underworld reigns, and Mafia wars later popularized by countless books, television shows, and movies.
In The First Family, Mike Dash tells the little known story of the Morello family. He follows the birth of the Mafia in America from the 1890s to the 1920s, from the wharves of New Orleans - where Morello himself disembarked in the United States - to the streets of Little Italy. Using previously untapped secret service archives, prison records, and interviews with surviving family members, Dash brings to life the remarkable villains and unusual heroes of the Mafia's early years, from the colorful members of the Morello family to Joseph Petrosino, an Italian cop with a thick Naples accent, and William Flynn, a dogged U.S. Secret Service agent, who banded together to bring down Morello.
More than just a pulse-quickening Mafia narrative, The First Family is the first authoritative account of a particularly crucial period in American history, in which the modern American underworld was born.
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Excellent true story
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Great insight to the formative years of the mafia in America.
Very well written. great research!
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History made really interesting
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Very Cool
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An amazing history
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, this is possibly the best researched and written book about the Mafia.Which scene was your favorite?
The investigation of the Morello counterfeit operationWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The murder of Joesph PetrosinoThe truth about the origins of the American mafia
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One of the best books on the mafia . Ever!
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Very well researched.
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Over elaboration to story line.
Mono tone
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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
a new storyWhat was most disappointing about Mike Dash’s story?
it is so slow you just want to go to the next chapterHow did the narrator detract from the book?
could he read any slowerYou didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
noAny additional comments?
a total waste of moneyjust shoot me in the head
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