Mafia : the government's secret file on organized crime

Now available in a sleek, accessible paperback format, "Mafia" is the ultimate primary source guide to La Cosa Nostra and all its most storied players.

With pages pulled directly from a recently unearthed secret government file, "Mafia" is perhaps the most comprehensive and authoritative body of information on organized crime in mid-century America - and a window into the real lives of nefarious legends.

From old-school gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Mickey Cohen to young turks like Paul Castellano and Vinny 'The Chin' Gigante, the guide offered at-a-glance profiles of small-time thugs and major dons alike.

Only fifty copies of this material - bound in a three-ring black binder, labeled simply "Mafia" in green letters - were ever printed, and the book became the mother lode Robert F.

Kennedy allegedly used to go after the Mob in his years as attorney general.