NPR's A Martinez speaks with American writer Louis Ferrante about his latest book, "Borgata: Clash of Titans: a History of the American Mafia." LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I ...
(Newsday)The Yona Schimmel Knish Bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side isn't the likeliest spot for a sit-down with a onetime wise guy, but Louis Ferrante is hardly your typical ex-mobster. An intense ...
"Borgata, Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia" by Louis Ferrante, Pegasus Books, 400 pages A Louisianan might be attracted initially to Louis Ferrante’s ambitious underworld chronicle ...
Louis Ferrante doesn’t think much of other people’s mafia books. They’re often written, he says, by snitches, prosecuting attorneys or criminal defendants, all of whom have reasons to lie. Then there ...
A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: Last year, I got to speak with Louis Ferrante for the first time. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I led a hijack and ...
LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I led a hijack and heist crew of armed robbers within the Gambino crime family. The FBI hunted me. To their credit, they got me. I never informed, ...
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