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E-book on Mafia boss of bosses Maranzano
Informer
journal is publishing a Kindle-format e-book version of its special August 2019 issue focused on Prohibition Era Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore Maranzano. The e-book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. Click to visit the Amazon sale page. It will be released (along with the standard print magazine and electronic PDF available through MagCloud.com ) on August 12, 2019.
See mafiahistory.us/informer/ for more information on the journal.
The Maranzano issue features twelve articles and columns (written by Thomas Hunt, Lennert van`t Riet, David Critchley and Richard N. Warner), more than three dozen images and maps, as well as source citations.
Item description from Amazon:
"Everything we now know about the Prohibition Era architect of the American Mafia.
A long lost photograph of Salvatore Maranzano is discovered. Informer marks that occasion by dedicating an entire special issue to the one-time American Mafia "Boss of Bosses," tackling such questions as:
- What recent discoveries have been made?
- Why was Maranzano important in U.S. Mafia history?
- What did Maranzano certainly NOT look like?
- What was Maranzano up to in Dutchess County, New York?
- What was revealed about Maranzano by those who knew him?
- Where were the significant locations in his life and career?
- When did Maranzano-related events occur?
- How has he been depicted in motion pictures?
- Why did he hire Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll for the planned murder of "Lucky Luciano"?
- Did Maranzano become a U.S. citizen?
- What do we know about his time in Sicily?
- Was there really a post-Maranzano purge in the Mafia?"
See mafiahistory.us/informer/ for more information on the journal.
The Maranzano issue features twelve articles and columns (written by Thomas Hunt, Lennert van`t Riet, David Critchley and Richard N. Warner), more than three dozen images and maps, as well as source citations.
Item description from Amazon:
"Everything we now know about the Prohibition Era architect of the American Mafia.
A long lost photograph of Salvatore Maranzano is discovered. Informer marks that occasion by dedicating an entire special issue to the one-time American Mafia "Boss of Bosses," tackling such questions as:
- What recent discoveries have been made?
- Why was Maranzano important in U.S. Mafia history?
- What did Maranzano certainly NOT look like?
- What was Maranzano up to in Dutchess County, New York?
- What was revealed about Maranzano by those who knew him?
- Where were the significant locations in his life and career?
- When did Maranzano-related events occur?
- How has he been depicted in motion pictures?
- Why did he hire Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll for the planned murder of "Lucky Luciano"?
- Did Maranzano become a U.S. citizen?
- What do we know about his time in Sicily?
- Was there really a post-Maranzano purge in the Mafia?"
Published on July 21, 2019 06:44
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Why Maranzano? Why now?
Informer's
August 2019 special issue on Salvatore Maranzano is available now in print and electronic PDF magazine formats and as a Kindle e-book.

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Preview or purchase this issue:
- Print and PDF from MagCloud
- E-book from Amazon
For more information, visit Informer's website.

Watch Youtube video.
Preview or purchase this issue:
- Print and PDF from MagCloud
- E-book from Amazon
For more information, visit Informer's website.
Published on August 20, 2019 04:12
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august-2019, boss-of-bosses, informer, mafia, magazine, maranzano, new-york-city, prohibition