Book TitleGoombata : the Improbable Rise and Fall of John Gotti and His Gang
LanguageEnglish
GenreTrue Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJohn Cummings
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
LCCN89-049340
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal364.1/06/092 B
SynopsisThe Dapper Don A cocky kid from the streets of East New York, he rose to become one of the most feared men in the nation. Establishing a power base through brilliant politicking and blood-chilling ruthlessness, at 45 he took control of America's richest, most powerful crime family following the gangland-style execution of his predecessor. Though the target of almost contionous FBI and police surveillance, he has spent little time in prison . . . and has never been convicted of racketeering, drug-trafficking or murder. Prize-winning journalists John Cummings and Ernest Volkman's shocking true account of the brutal and meteoric rise of John "Johhny Boy" Gotti from Brooklyn "bone-breaker" to lord of the Gambino Family -- a riveting exploration into the the bloody machinery of La Cosa Nostra operating on the dark side of the American dream., This is an account of John Gotti's rise to power as head of New York's Gambino crime family, the largest and most powerful criminal organization in the world.