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Michael Franzese

Born

in New York, The United States

May 27, 1951

Website

https://www.michaelfranzese.com

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Genre

Crime, Christianity

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Michael Franzese (born May 27, 1951) is an American former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss John Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.

By the age of 35, in 1986, Fortune Magazine listed Franzese as number 18 on its list of the "Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses". Franzese had claimed that at the height of his career, he was making up to $8 million per week. In 1986, he was sentenced to 10 years in priso ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 2,156 ratings · 241 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blood Covenant 3.96 avg rating — 939 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse: Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss 3.88 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mafia Democracy: How Our Republic Became a Mob Racket 4.18 avg rating — 314 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Godfather to God the Father: The Michael Franzese Story 4.23 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quitting the Mob: How the "Yuppie Don" Left the Mafia and Lived to Tell His Story by Michael Franzese, Dary Matera 3.80 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good, the Bad and the Forgiven 4.17 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mafia Democracy: What Happens When the Government Turns Thug 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Covenant: The Michael Franzese Story 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Treasure of Cabal Island (Freedom Island, 3-6) by Michael Franzese, André Ceolin (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saikyō Mafia No Shigotojutsu by Michael Franzese, Megumi Hanatsuka, 花塚恵 (翻訳) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Strong men are not the ones you have to worry about, it's weak man that you have to worry about, putting authority and power in the hands of weak people, because when people who never had anything throughout their life, now have power over you, boy do they abuse it.”
― Michael Franzese

tags: mafia, michael-franzese, persecution, power

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“I am not admitting to anything, i am just telling you.”
― Michael Franzese

tags: cosa-nostra, mafia, michael-franzese

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“God is gonna get ya”
― Michael Franzese

tags: inspirational-quotes

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