Borgata: Rise of Empire Audiobook Libro.fm

The American mafia has long held powerful sway over our collective cultural imagination But how many of us truly understand how a clandestine Sicilian criminal organisation came to exert its influence over nearly every level of American society

In BORGATA RISE OF EMPIRE former mafia member Louis Ferrante pulls back the curtain on the criminal organisation that transformed America From the potent political cauldron of nineteenthcentury Sicily to American cities such as New Orleans New York and the gangsters paradise of Las Vegas Ferrante traces the social economic and political forces that powered the mafias unstoppable rise We follow the early mob as they provide alcohol to the American public during prohibition aid U S Naval Intelligence during the Second World War establish a gambling mecca in the Nevada desert and unofficially take control of the island of Cuba

Ferrantes vivid portrayal of early American mobsters among them Lucky Luciano Vito Genovese Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky fills in crucial gaps of mafia history to deliver the most comprehensive account yet of the worlds most famous criminal fraternity

This volume is the first in a groundbreaking new trilogy from a man who has seen it all from the inside Ferrantes masterful account journeys from the groups inauspicious beginnings to the height of their power as the most influential organised criminal network in America