Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement - October 2020: Nicola Gentile: Chronicler of Early U.S. Mafia History

Thomas Hunt · David Critchley · Steve Turner · Lennert van't Riet · Richard N. Warner · Justin Cascio · Sam Carlino · Michael O'Haire · Jon Black · Margaret Janco

Oct 2020 · Informer Book 1 · Thomas Hunt

About this ebook

Issue focuses on Nicola "Nick" Gentile, Mafia leader in U.S. and Sicily, author of 1963 tell-all autobiography. Informer provides Gentile's entire life story, building on original research by Mafia history experts, balancing Gentile's self-serving and self-aggrandizing autobiographical work with verifiable history, correcting misinformation and filling in wide gaps left in his personal account.

In addition to studying Gentile's life and career, Informer provides biographical information for dozens of individuals who contributed in interesting ways to his life story.

Also in this issue:

- 1900s Mafia feuds in Los Angeles,

- Book excerpts,

- Book announcements,

- COVID-19's impact on Mafia,

- Obituary.

Contributors: Thomas Hunt, David Critchley, Steve Turner, Lennert van't Riet, Richard N. Warner, Justin Cascio, Sam Carlino, Michael O'Haire, Jon Black, Margaret Janco, Bill Feather, Christian Cipollini.

About the author

Thomas Hunt has written, co-written, edited and contributed to books on the history of the American Mafia, including Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia, DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime and Wrongly Executed? The Long-Forgotten Context of Charles Sberna's 1939 Electrocution. He publishes related websites and moderates online forums. He is the editor and publisher of Informer.

David Critchley is the author of The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931 and numerous articles on Mafia history. Based in the U.K., he has been a contributor of articles to Informer since July of 2009.

Steve Turner lives in London, where he is a site manager for a refurbishment company. His interest in American organized crime started with the move, The Valachi Papers, and evolved into in-depth research. He has contributed articles to Informer since 2012.

Lennert van‘t Riet is vice director of an advertisement and sign company in the Netherlands, and has researched the American Mafia or Cosa Nostra as a hobby for more than ten years. His article contributions to Informer date back to 2012.

Richard N. Warner has been researching the history of organized crime for three decades. He is a moderator of several online organized crime history forums. He has been a columnist for Informer since February 2011.