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vii C O N T E N T S The Garden ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue: They Got Me, Joe 1 1 Diamond Ritchie 11 2 The Longy War 26 3 I’m No Crybaby 45 4 Fortunate Son 57 5 Jerry 65 6 The Club Fremont Incident 85 7 Castle Cruel 100 Figures Insert 8 Loose Lips 113 9 That Old Gang of Mine 124 10 Cause for Indictment 134 11 The Italian Way 142 12 On the Jolly Trolley 154 13 The Mafia Exists! 162 14 This Thing of Theirs 171 Epilogue: The Curse 182 viii contents Timeline 191 Cast of Characters 195 Notes 203 Selected Bibliography 227 Index 231 ...

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