The mob and me : wiseguys and the Witness Protection Program

Partington, John, 1929-2006.

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This revealing first person narrative, by one of the founders of the Witness Protection Program and a personal protector to more than five hundred informants, offers an eye opening, dead on authentic perspective on the safeguard institution.

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ISBN:

9781439167731

Edition:

First Pocket Star Books paperback edition

Description:

vi, 337 pages ; 18 cm

Other Title:

Mob and me: wise guys and the Witness Protection Program
Wiseguys and the Witness Protection Program

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Gallery Books, 2010
"Biography & autobiography"--on spine

Contents:

The beginning
New roommate
First trial: treachery among thieves
Christmas: the calm before the storm
Second trial: the Godfather's turn
Third trial: Henry Tameleo times two
Moving on
Banking on it
Armored truck heists
Running up stocks
Another kind of social security
Horsing around
The mob's piggybank: union pension funds
Uncle Sam, can you spare a dime?
Prince of the city
Bloody but unbowed
Cop wannabe
Splitting at the seams
When witnesses want more
Management tensions
Relapse
Reform
A surprising reinforcement
Reflections

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804881

Other Authors:

Violet, Arlene

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