The Rise of the Mafia with Louis Ferrante
Aspects of History
English - March 16, 2024 01:00 - 55 minutes - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsHistory Arts Books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week's guest is a man who has lived about what he writes. Louis Ferrante was a former member of the Gambino crime family, one of the Five Families of New York. He rose up the ranks until he was convicted of crimes and sent to prison where he became a changed man.
He has now written a fantastic first volume of three on the history of the mafia, Borgata, and he chatted with our editor on the rise of the mob from their humble beginnings in Sicily through to the 1930s prohibition in the US.
Louis Ferrante Links
Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman
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This week's guest is a man who has lived about what he writes. Louis Ferrante was a former member of the Gambino crime family, one of the Five Families of New York. He rose up the ranks until he was convicted of crimes and sent to prison where he became a changed man.
He has now written a fantastic first volume of three on the history of the mafia, Borgata, and he chatted with our editor on the rise of the mob from their humble beginnings in Sicily through to the 1930s prohibition in the US.
Louis Ferrante Links
Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman
Aspects of History Links
Subscribe to the magazine: only £/$9.99 per year
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