Last Rites
The Final Days of the Boston Mob Wars
Published on 13. November 2009
85 pages
978-1-61423-340-4 (ISBN)
Description
Last Rites chronicles one man's dramatic descent into the seedy world of New England mobster Raymond Patriarca and his underboss, Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo. In the early 1980s, Gigi Portalla, a well-liked student, athlete and Revere prom king, transformed into a mafia hit man after discovering that his biological father was "Big Eddy" Marino. Portalla rose through the ranks within the Angiulo organization, joining famous Boston wise guys like Sean Cote, Joseph "J.R." Russo and Bobby Carrozza. Drawing on wiretaps, court testimonies and interviews through personal relationships with the criminals in question, Revere writer William J. Craig uncovers the depths of criminality. Portalla clung to a self-imposed moral code, striving to find honor within thievery, even as the lure of his family's past eclipsed his promising future.
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11/2009
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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William J. Craig has served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. He graduated from Gordon College with a B.A. in history and currently resides with his wife and children in Revere, Massachusetts where he works as an author and speaker.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Botched Hit
- Chapter 2. Growing Up in Revere
- Chapter 3. The Boston Underworld
- Chapter 4. The Early Years
- Chapter 5. Irish Gang War
- Chapter 6. Mob War
- Chapter 7. The Trial
- Chapter 8. What's Left
- Bibliography
- About the Author
