Title

Underboss : Sammy the Bull Gravano's story of life in the Mafia

Description

In March of 1992, the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect broke his oath of silence and testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salvatore ("Sammy the Bull") Gravano, second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family, the most powerful in the nation. Because of Gotti's uncanny ability to escape conviction in state and federal trials despite charges that he was the Mafia's top chieftain, the media had dubbed him the "Teflon Don." With Sammy the Bull, this would all change.

Identifier

619716

60182563

Creator

Maas, Peter

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1997

Program air date: August 24, 1997

Publisher

HarperCollins Pub.

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: Dyslexia. Cosa Nostra "Our Thing." B. March 12, 1945 (52). Parents Kay and Gerry. Bensonhurst. 5 ft 5 inches. Stolen bike="bull." Rampers (Greg), Zuvito (C.N.) Ft. Jackson, S.C. (Army) age 19. Back to Rampers. Gets shot car chase p. 23. 1968--Bull meets Shorty Spero. Joins Colombo family. Robs bank. Sammy--five years/3 yrs of supervised release. Casa Nostra--founded 1931--WW II 24 crime families. 1957 National meeting (failed) upstate N.Y. (p 34) 5 families in N.Y., 24 in U.S. Colombo/Gambino/Genovese, Lucchese, Auastasia, De Calvacante, Patriarca. F. Lee Baily--who did he represent. Shylocking. Paul Castellano's murder. Judge Webster--Sea change. Rudy Giuliani, RICO Title III. Judge Glassner, Jim Kallstrom. 1. Boss, 2. Underboss, 3.Consigiere, 4. Captain pricked finger in blood. On the list of books by the author, Lamb has written 8 by the listing of non-fiction tiles and 3 by the list of fiction titles. Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: Education, family, neighborhood, gangs, early crimes, race, girls, loyalty, respect. Notes: "Bensonhurst," "bad guys," "dyslexia," "5 ft 5," "bike robbed," "the bull," "age 13, the Union payoffs," "Gang, Rampers," "Zuvito bad guy," "my gun," "held back in school," "punched teacher," "broke jaw," "Gallos," "gun fight in bar," "boxing," "hit a cop," "Rampers, I'm 18 yrs old," "Army draft," "the Army," "Ft. Jackson, S.C.," "19 yrs. old," "people straight up with me," "rednecks," "war breaks out," "Lorraine," "crap games," "gambling," "M.P. on payroll," "loan-sharking," "back robbing," "Louise," "need a car, stolen car," "fine $500," "Joe V. gets a gunshot," "Sammy hit in the head," "Joe survives," "always carried a gun," "hair cutting sched.," "blue haired," "Mimi kills," "national meeting Nov 14, 1957," "Bull meets Shorty Spero," "joins Colombo family," "rob a clothing store," "Bank robbery," "guard is crooked, Carmine pays," "opening a 'club'," "1 expenses; 2. pay off the cops," "drugs," "murder," "consigliore," "John Gotti, 1989 fame," "John loved being on TV," "in love with himself," "marching on the FBI building," "Ravenite 5 nights a week," "TV in the van," "Gotti indicted again," "acquitted," "$3.50 in taxes," "Judge mean streets," "F. Lee Bailey," "Watts pleaded guilty," "Cosa Nostra could come back," "removed tattoos."

Subject

"Gravano, Salvatore, 1945-"

"Gotti, John."

"Mafia--New York (State)--New York--Case studies."

"Organized crime--New York (State)--New York--Case studies."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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