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The true story of FBI agent Mike Campi who led some of the most relentless and successful attacks on organized crime in American history. A unique and unexpected set of circumstances caused former FBI agent Mike Campi to finally step forward and reveal himself. The result is this tour de force, which details his years operating deeply in the trenches to devastate the mafia. You will learn how he took down a staggering array of mob bosses, underbosses, consiglieri, capos, soldiers, and other legends from all five New York crime families. He takes you inside his investigative, critical, make-or-break moments, which he navigated to achieve astonishing success. Along the way, he provides you with insight into the external and internal forces often working to undermine him. And he lifts the curtain to reveal the untold treachery and hypocrisy underlying the real American mafia, as illustrated by the words of one crime boss who was recorded by Mike describing his underlings: “They’re suckers—we just use them.” Mafia Takedown, to be released on the anniversary of the infamous November 14, 1957, Apalachin meeting of top mafia leaders from the US and Italy, is chock-filled with an array of stunning facts and truths. A sample includes: the Catholic priest who fled America to save his life from the mob; mafia members recorded describing in their own words their innermost secrets; how Mike and federal prosecutors obtained the boss of all bosses Vincent “the Chin” Gigante’s courthouse confession that his legendary crazy act was a fraud all along; what the Chin said when America was attacked on September 11, 2001; and the explosive, dark secret that almost undermined one of the most important undercover operations in the history of law enforcement. You’ll learn so much more: such as how and why the most important undercover mafioso in history wanted to work with Mike, and only with Mike; and how the Chin was only months away from escaping justice entirely. For fans of organized crime, of true crime, or simply of engaging and enjoyable stories—this book is an absolute must read.

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This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

Of all the great, innovative musicians who contributed to the transformation of jazz in the early forties, Pittsburgh-born Kenny Clarke (1914-1985) was unquestionably one of the most influential. Born Kenneth Clarke Spearman, known as Kenny Clarke, later as Liquat Ali Salaam and, affectionately, as Klook, he redefined the role of the drummer in the jazz ensemble. Nobody in the history of jazz did more to convert the drums into a musical instrument. His was a fundamental contribution to the evolution of the music, and there is not a jazz drummer anywhere today who is not a custodian of Klook's peerless legacy. Klook's creative intelligence and imagination left jazz infinitely richer. He was every musician's favorite drummer, and he played with all the giants: Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, J. J. Johnson, Miles Davis--the list is almost a history of jazz itself. Klook has been curiously neglected in the literature of jazz, perhaps because he spent more of his professional life in France than in the United States. The author, who has covered the international music scene for Billboard for more than twenty years, has written a sensitive biography that captures both the man and the musician.

The candid, behind-the-scenes acccount of the experiences of one of the most respected--and most controversial--journalists in American television. Read by the authors.