Mafia Prince: Inside America's most violent crime family- "The Philly Mob"

                              

 

Leonetti, Phil, Scott Burnstein, and Christopher Graziano.(2012) Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra. Hardback |    Running Press  |  ISBN -13:9780762445831  |  $17.16 USD  |   328 Pages

When you think of the history of Philadelphia, you usually think of things such as the Constitution, the Liberty Bell, and people like Benjamin Franklin. Yet, many people don't know about the more dark, sinister history of "The city of Brotherly Love".

Phil Leonetti's compelling book, Mafia Prince, is a true crime story about one of the ferocious eras in Mafia History led by the control of Philly mob boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo written by his nephew and under boss Philip Leonetti.

Leonetti was the youngest mafia family underboss ever at the age of 31. With his uncle at the helm of the Philly mob family, they are dragged into the bloodiest mob war played out on the streets of Philadelphia. Nicky Scarfo not only killed his enemies, he also killed his friends that he feared that they were competing for his power. These psychopath-type traits made him turn on family and childhood friends.

Their violent tenacity would become the downfall of their Philly crime family. After being connected to nine murders, Leonetti decided to turn state evidence against his own crime family. His direct testimony led to mobsters all over the country, including Mafia big wigs such as John Gotti (boss of the Gambino family), Vincent Gigante (Boss of the Genovese family) and of course, his own uncle Nicky Scarfo.

This was a book that was hard to put down. Mafia Prince was very detailed of the inter-workings of the mob. I think it's safe to say that Little Nicky was a very feared and dangerous person!