The Mob and the City Audiobook by C. Alexander Hortis

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/38/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Mob and the City Subtitle: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York Author: C. Alexander Hortis Narrator: LJ Ganser Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs Language: English Release date: 01-06-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 87 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After listening to this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s through 1950s. Based on exhaustive research of archives and secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, author and attorney C. Alexander Hortis draws on the deepest collection of primary sources, many newly discovered, of any history of the modern mob. Shattering myths, Hortis reveals how Cosa Nostra actually obtained power at the inception. The author goes beyond conventional who-shot-who mob stories, providing answers to fresh questions such as: Drawing on an unprecedented array of primary sources, The Mob and the City is the most thorough and authentic history of the Mafia's rise to power in the early-to-mid 20th century.