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The Last Mafioso: The Treacherous World of Jimmy ("the Weasel") Fratianno Paperback – December 6, 2010

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The night Jimmy Fratianno became a government witness, not a single Mafia boss slept. As a “made guy” in La Cosa Nostra, Jimmy Fratianno knew their best-kept secrets. A soldier, capo, and ex-boss of the Los Angeles family, involved at the highest levels with bookmaking, gambling, union racketeering, extortion, pornography, and virtually every criminal activity to which organized crime is linked, Fratianno also earned the reputation as the Mafla’s top killer in California. Fratianno became the highest-ranking Mafloso ever to “turn,” and in the past two years his testimony, in courtrooms across the nation, has been making sensational headlines. A veteran investigative reporter and bestselling author, Ovid Demaris had the unprecedented opportunity to debrief Fratianno in order to write this book. Demaris also had access to wiretaps, surveillance reports, prison and court records, The result is the most important work to date on organized crime in America---a disturbing, yet extraordinary and vivid life story that makes the other “insider” stories of the Mafia look like tales of innocence. The Last Mafioso details eleven murders Fratianno was personally involved in, and relates Fratianno’s inside knowledge of some two dozen others, including the slayings of Bugsy Siegel, Nick DeJohn, Albert Anastasia, Jimmy Hoffa, Sam Giancana, Johnny Roselli, and Tamara Rand. Fratianno was a confidant of Johnny Roselli, so Demaris tells the real story of Operation Mongoose, the CIA-Mafia plot to assassinate Castro. Here also are the behind-the-scenes deals and machinations of the Mafia in Las Vegas.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ishi Press (December 6, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 500 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4871873293
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-4871873291
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.13 x 9 inches

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puffdaugherty

Best Ever !!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2012

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This is one of the best books I have ever read. Most books are about NY or Chicago. This talks about the rest of the country. Who knew there even wss a Mafia in SF.. It really breaks down the structure of the mob. Just an awesome read !!!!

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True Story. Great Quality

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2020

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Excellent!

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John Bennett

I believe this is a must read for mob fans ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2016

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I believe this is a must read for mob fans. This is one of the first big time mob books along with the Valachi Papers and sets a standard and format for all that follows

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Dave McKinney

Quality of the book was excellent as describe

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2014

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Very fast delivery. Quality of the book was excellent as describe. Highly recommended.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2018

Gets the whole story from the beginning& keeps you informed to the end

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Jaime

Pages fall out like snow from the sky

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2021

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The book of course, so far, is great. I'm not finished, but my 1 star isnt based on the book, it's based on the condition of the book. When I purchase "new" I expect new, I dont expect every other page to fall out..and that's what has been happening while reading...I will turn the page, and it just falls out....no ripping, no aggressive turning, just bam..the page is now in my lap..
The book itself, is good. I've been reading anything Mafia related for months, as i find it all incredibly facinating..
Just buyer beware, you will end up with a lap of pages while reading, like snow from the sky falls pages from the book.

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Drew Hunkins

Once upon a time out West

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2015

'The Last Mafioso' was published in 1981, it's based on the mob life of L.A. crime family capo Jimmy the Weasel Fratianno. Given this time frame it's evident Demaris wrote this fine book right at the exact period when organized crime was being hit harder than ever in its history by federal, state and local law enforcement. It's a splendid true crime book in the mafia genre despite a couple of shortcomings, the first being that at times parts of the story come off as disjointed in certain sections, the second is that a few of Fratianno's recollections amount to little more than dubious egomaniacal ravings that are an occasional irritant the reader's forced to endure.

Early on during his Cleveland childhood Fratianno starts out in "the life" stealing from fruit stands, bookmaking at the race track and attacking and fighting scabs and strikebreaking cops. Eventually finding himself a made man with the L.A. mafia, he and his crew set out to clip Mickey Cohen, the legendary west coast gangster kingpin. Demaris and Fratianno detail the myriad unsuccessful attempts that allowed Cohen to ultimately survive the crew's futile efforts. The book then gets around to explaining how close Hollywood producer Desi Arnaz was to getting hit based on direct orders from the Chicago Outfit.

Easily the most fascinating player is clearly Johnny Roselli who was basically an organized crime ambassador of sorts, often traveling between Chicago, L.A., Vegas and Florida. At one point Roselli and Fratianno expound on the absurdity of the ridiculous accusations that the mafia played any role whatsoever in assassinating President Kennedy. The periodic meetings and conversations between Roselli and Fratianno are genuinely illuminating and make for the finest passages in the book.

Other famous notables rumored to have mob ties make appearances at various points - the brilliant, mercurial mafia lawyer Sidney Korshak; the reclusive Howard Hughes and Frank Sinatra - all pop up in very intriguing sections. Moreover, the infamous casino skimming operations that occurred in the 1960s and 70s controlled by Lansky, Dalitz, Rosenthal and other gangsters from K.C., Milwaukee and Chicago are explained with what appears to be great candor and accuracy.

Fratianno ultimately ratted out his former colleagues after concluding that he himself was slated to be clipped. His testimony directly lead to the indictments of the entire upper echelon of the southern California mob hierarchy in the late 1970s.

Of course there are many organized crime books, both good and bad, that take an in-depth look at the NYC and Chicago families; with this particular work Demaris has written a valuable and rare expose of the west coast mafia scene, a scene often neglected and given short shrift by mob historians and true crime writers and researchers. Now out of print, `The Last Mafioso' is definitely worth tracking down.

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RobertF916

Very long, detailed book about a mildly relevant mobster

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2016

Jimmy Fratianno rubbed shoulders with some mob heavyweights, but there's just too much in this book on no-name LA crime family members, loan sharks and common thieves. There isn't much on Hollywood, which was more the domain of Jewish mobsters like Bugsy Siegel and Mickey Coen. If you love mafia books, have any interest in west coast mafia activity and want to get some background on the LA family's structure and many of its members in the mid 20th century, this book shouldn't disappoint. If you're looking for Frattiano's involvement in major mob activities like Hollywood, Las Vegas, and government conspiracies like Operation Mongoose, however, you're going to find Frattiano was a bit player, at best. He was in the mix, but certainly didn't know enough to where a majority of a book about him could primarily cover key operations. As far as his personality, he seemed a bit full of himself. There's a certain charm and penchant for storytelling that famous mob snitches like Sammy "The Bull" Gravano and Henry Hill have, that Frattiano just didn't have. His retelling of some of the lines he used to meet women would make Larry from Three's Company shake his head. Frattiano was clearly a stand up mobster and his story is intriguing to anyone with a want of information on California mob activity in the mob's heyday, but 400 pages is a bit much for a novice reader just looking for some links to big names and big operations.

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