History The Mafia

Organized crime in America first rose to power in the 1920s during Prohibition. By the 1950s, the Mafia (also known as La Cosa Nostra, Italian for “Our Thing”) had become the preeminent organized-crime network in the United States and was involved in a range of underworld activities, from loan-sharking to prostitution. Like the Sicilian Mafia, American Mafia families were able to maintain their secrecy and success because of their code of silence… but that didn’t last long. Inside, the HISTORY CHANNEL uncovers secrets like: The strange connection between the Mafia and the gay bar scene; Famous gangster informants and the stories of the mobsters their confessions brought down; Frank Sinatra’s mob ties and other secrets from his declassified FBI file. Please note that this product is an authorized edition published by the Meredith Corporation and sold by Amazon. This edition is printed using a high quality matte interior paper and printed on demand for immediate fulfillment.