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    Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia
    Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia
    Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia
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    Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia

    Written by Anthony M. DeStefano

    Narrated by L. J. Ganser

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    The press nicknamed him "The Prime Minister of the Underworld." The U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Narcotics described him as "one of the most powerful and influential Mafia leaders in the U.S." But to friends and associates, he was simply "Uncle Frank." Who was Frank Costello really? That's the question Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony M. DeStefano sets out to answer-in this definitive portrait of one of the most fascinating figures in the annals of American crime . . .

    Using newly released FBI files, eyewitness accounts, and family mementos, Top Hoodlum takes you inside the Mafia that Frank Costello helped build from the ground up, from small-time bootlegging and gambling to a nationwide racketeering empire.

    Sometimes shocking, sometimes amusing, and always riveting, these are the stories that have inspired American crime classics like The Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos. This is the man who made the Mafia such a powerful force in our nation's history. This is Top Hoodlum.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9781541485396

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    • 3/5
      Good read would read again . Frank was a cunning man