{"id":5177,"date":"2014-10-23T08:43:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T12:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2014-10-23T08:44:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T12:44:33","slug":"mob-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2014\/10\/23\/mob-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Mob Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Mafia<\/a>Detailing the early 1970s mob scene Mafia at War<\/em> is an interesting and thorough read.\u00a0 Published by New York Magazine, this book gives an in depth chronology of the mob bosses from the early 1900s to the early 1970s.\u00a0 Split into time segments with a focus on who was the current boss at the time, one can follow the violence and death that surrounds the mob.\u00a0 Mafia at War <\/em>takes a decidedly negative view of gang warfare, specifically calling out the misconception that mobsters only kill other mobsters.\u00a0 Presented as a historical overview of mob warfare, this book includes everything from photographs of mafia members to crime scene photos, to beautiful paintings of famous mob hits.\u00a0 Also included in the back are\u00a0maps of which mafia holds jurisdiction in each\u00a0New York City borough as well as in the continental United States.\"Mafia<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the most interesting sections of this publication is the artists\u2019 depictions\u00a0of famous mob murders.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0A collection of images\u00a0by painters\u00a0and illustrators active in New York City at the time, Mafia at War<\/em> features such artists as Harvey Dinnerstein, James McMullan and Paul Davis.\u00a0\u00a0 Each image is accompanied by a story about the murder and the background of the mob boss involved.\u00a0\"Mafia<\/a>\"Mafia<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mafia at war, by Thomas Plate and the editors of New York magazine. With contributions by Nicholas Pileggi [and others] New York New York Magazine Press 1972 <\/em><\/a>is available in Widener Library Collection.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Emma Clement, Santo Domingo Library Assistant, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n

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