books by Thomas Reppetto
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Thomas Reppetto
Bringing Down the Mob: The War Against the American Mafia
Thomas Reppetto
Henry Holt and Co.
, 2006
How the Mighty Are Fallen
In his _New Yorker_ essay "A Look at Organized Crime" from thirty years ago, Woody Allen had fun with gangster nicknames, including Thomas (The Butcher) Covello, Ciro (The Tailor) Santucci, Albert (The Logical Positivist) Corillo, Dominick (The Herpetologist) Mione, or ...
NYPD: A City and Its Police
James Lardner
, Thomas Reppetto
Holt Paperbacks
, 2001
A GREAT READ
NYPD is great storytelling and a great read of the history of the how the NYPD evolved from 1830 to the present. While the book does spend more time recounting scandals and villains than heroes,the scandals do make entertaining reading. What makes it great history is ...
The blue parade
Thomas A. Reppetto
Free Press
, 1978
Worthwhile read on American policing.
Reppetto chronicals the evolution of policing in the USA through the 1700's to the 20th century. Insight into how various agencies and regions have diverged and come together again. The author relates how trends in American law enforcement have come and gone, and ...
American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power
Thomas Reppetto
Holt Paperbacks
, 2005
An under-rated but solid contribution to the history of the Mafia in America
This book is a very good introduction to the history of the Mafia in America. The bibliography and notes are extensive and impressive and the reader can be assured that the author knows his subject extremely well. A large chunk of the book is devoted to New York City ...
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