Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family - Couverture rigide

Garcia, Joaquin; Levin, Michael Graubart

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1410410102 ISBN 13 : 9781410410108

Editeur : Thorndike Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Garcia Joaquin Levin Michael

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Making Jack Falcone tells the extraordinary true story of an undercover FBI Agent's extensive and devastating investigation of the Gambino family, which resulted in a string of arrests that crippled the organised crime family.
A Cuban-born American, Joaquin 'Jack' Garcia became one of the few FBI agents dedicated solely to undercover work. Using a series of carefully created aliases, Jack successfully insinuated himself in the criminal world, before getting the chance to infiltrate the shadowy world of La Cosa Nostra. For the first time, the FBI created a special 'mob' school for Jack, teaching him how to eat, talk, and think like a wiseguy. And it wasn't long before the freshly minted 'Big Jack Falcone' found himself under the wing of one of the Gambinos old school capos, who introduced Falcone to a world of shakedowns, beatings and envelopes of cash, never suspecting that one of his trusted crew members was a federal agent, until it was too late.
A page-turning account of the struggle between law enforcement and organised crime, Making Jack Falcone will rank with such classic stories as Donnie Brascoe, Serpico and Wiseguy.

Présentation de l'éditeur

At 6'4" and 375 pounds, Jack Garcia looked the part of a mobster, and he played his part so perfectly that his Mafia bosses never suspected he was an undercover agent for the FBI. 'Big Jack Falcone', as he was known inside La Cosa Nostra, learned all the inside dirt about the Gambino organized crime syndicate and its illegal activities - from extortion and loan-sharking to assault and murder. The result was a string of busts and a quarter of a million dollar contract put out on his life.
A fascinating inside look at the struggle between law enforcement and organized crime, MAKING JACK FALCONE sheds new light on two organizational cultures that continue to exert an unparalled grip on our imagination.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thorndike Pr
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410410102
• ISBN 13: 9781410410108
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 459
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible