Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit (Images of America)

Fantastic graphical book. Especially if you wanna put face to the names. Definitely worth picking up if you’re a Mob fanatic

this was an absolutely wonderful book. the pictures and information contained was great. so much has been written on the New York and Chicago mobs and so little on the pivotal and still to this day, very real power that is the Motor City Mafia. I thirst for more. I am ordering Mr. Burnstein's DVD on the Detroit Mob as well. Not to tell Scott Burnstein or Paul Kavieff, who have been the only 2 authors writing exclusively about the Detroit Mob, or for that matter anyone else out there what to do, but more is needed on this subject. Alot more. A full length book about the Detroit Mob from the early days of the 20th century, the Adamo, Giannola, Vitale, La Mare days through the reign of Joe Zerelli and the Tocco family, through the 50's, the 60's, the Hoffa story up to the present day. This story needs to be told in full in a full length book. I thirst for more on this subject. Perhaps Mr. Burnstein is interested in writing such an expose. If he or someone else is I'd love to hear about it. Anyone reading this can let me know. Otherwise, this is a great book and filled with great pics and info. I imagine the DVD will be great too. But i need more!!! If full length books have been written on the much inferior Denver and Atlanta mobs, and they have, then please give Detroit it's due. A full length book dedicated to Detroit is very overdue. Still this is a great start

I bought this book after watching the Irishman, i was always curious as to what really happened to Jimmy Hoffa, the book although limited in information about the Hoffa murder it does touch on where he was probably killed, a house in Bloomfield Hills which is closer to Machus Red Fox restaurant then the house in Deroit that was depicted in the movie and has been speculated for years even sending the FBI on a fruitless investigation.

Having been brought up inDetroit and going to high school with the scions of the Toco and Giacolone families, I appreciated this little tome more than perhaps the casual reader would. While a little scant on details,, MotorCity Mafia is a competent outline of the rise and stasis of one of the country's most enduring crime organizations. I especially liked the attention to family genealogies and hierarchies, one really needs a score card to sort out all these loveable rogues. I was also happy to see that the Detroit Mafia is considered the best and least violent crime organizations in the US., GM & Chrysler take note.P.Mason

It's basically a picture book. The history it shows is almost just through pictures labled with people's names or locations.