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Narrado por:
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Kevin Gallagher
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De:
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Bill Tonelli
According to the Encyclopedia of American Crime, "Perhaps the most important criminal conference of the American underworld was held during three days in May 1929 in Atlantic City", during which "the overlords of American crime discussed their future plans" at an event that was "earthshaking in its effect on the development of American crime syndicates".
It's a great tale starring Al Capone, Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, and Nucky Johnson, who inspired Boardwalk Empire. This story has everything...with maybe one small exception. A great addition to the Mob Lit library, told with truth and sparkling wit.
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Bill Tonelli writes in an extremely conversational tone, that seems almost out of place with the investigative work being done by him. The structure is a little strange, book ending with a discussion of the cover photo - another event that is in question. The first half is basically a textual analysis of other books and places where this has been written about, pointing out faults and errors. The last half is the author putting together what he believes actually did happen, based on the information he could uncover.
An interesting book, well worth the time. It was very well researched.
Narration by Kevin Gallagher is good. Well paced and easy to listen to. He does do voices, emotions etc. for the 'characters' and quotes in the book, which makes it really easy to follow what is the author and what is from quotes. It also makes for an entertaining read. I really liked his work for making a non fiction book come alive.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.
True Lies
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Great Read
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I found his conglomeration of facts, falsehoods, and references to other sources and writings and hypotheses intriguing. He does not try to tell us the “truth” about what happened, instead explains many of the contradictory stories and recollections and we can take from it what we will. His intent is not to prove or disprove and impart his theory, instead it’s to show inconsistencies and interest us to ask questions.
This is the first book I’ve listened to by this narrator and I would listen to another. He read this content well and even imparted different voices when personal recounts were quoted.
There are no explicit sex scenes or excessive violence. There is some quoted swearing.
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The truth...possibly?
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When you have a group of criminals wanting to control prostitution, gambling, money laundering, and other non-legal endeavors, how do you do it? You call a meeting with the others and assign different roles and responsibilities; of course. In other words, you get organized. While listening to this book, I found it interesting that it took organization for what we call organized crime to be as successful as it was. Without meeting and agreeing on a level of organization, these crime bosses would never have achieved the success they had. Yet, as this book shows, crime does not pay as most, if not all, of these men either ended up in prison or dead. Not very good odds for what was perceived as a money making “business” venture. Not only are we given a view into these individuals and their crimes, but we are also shown that it was only successful because of some crooked authorities. There are also very different accounts because of poor or misguided journalism of the day. The author quotes other sources stating that nearly 75+ percent of the material we have relating to the early mob is either false or incorrectly stated. One good reason for this, the author states, is that people printing such salacious news would not face labial or slander changes from the criminal underground. It is similar to drug dealers who get robbed, they will often not report this activity to the authorities for fear of their illegal activity being uncovered.
I liked that the author covered some of the background on these mobster thugs and showed based on others research that most were of low IQ and often had quite bad spelling. We learn that much of the foundation of the US mob back in the 20s was due to the laws around alcohol prohibition. These men saw an opportunity to service the community by providing this forbidden beverage and saw a profit in it. Instead of fighting one another for various territories, the different groups decided it was best to form an alliance and divvy up parts of the US and assign them to the many members. This was all done at what is now the infamous Atlantic City Conference meeting. It was like with pirates, these men also had a code which each abided too, yet as we all know, you cannot trust a thief.
The book along with the research felt to me to be more like a school paper that was narrated to feel like a book. There were no real chapters or outline as the book was very short. It was simply broken down into two sections long with an included preface and epilogue section. The writing style seemed a bit less professional at times due to a few crass words that felt out of place in a researched piece. Words such a “crap” or “whoring” instead of replacing these with more professional words made me question some of the author’s word choice. These words were not a part of quoted material, so could have easily been subsisted for more acceptable words. The book felt a bit unfinished. I did not feel it had a stated premise nor did it fully address the many questions it raised or even more those that come after listening to the book.
The book’s narration was well done and professionally produced by Kevin Gallagher. He has a pleasant voice to listen to and even in this non-fiction piece he added a few elements of character accents when material was being quoted. The audio lacked any noticeable negative artifacts and I thought it was well paced for listening too. As stated earlier, I have enjoyed a few of his other works and they all have this high-quality production.
For parents and younger readers, this book is a piece non-fiction, however it does trace and quote a few portions where profanity is used. The author does not add any himself but be aware that it is included in the book’s narration. The book also discusses at a high level some topics which may not be appropriate for younger readers such as alcohol, criminal activity, and prostitution. I would recommend this book be read only by more mature audiences.
In summary, although the narration was top quality, I felt the piece lacked too many quantities to be considered a complete work on the subject. I can only assume volumes of information have been released on the subject matter (the author states from interviewing others that most is incorrect), yet there were few conclusions to the author’s covering of such a ground-breaking meeting. I felt that I was left with too many unanswered questions to recommend this book to anyone that is not someone versed in the subject matter. Like a said earlier, this subject matter is not one of my core competencies, so it might come down to requiring a pre-understanding of the items covered to fully comprehend and enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I was voluntarily provided this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator.
Solid narration, but weak conclusions
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The truth or at least as far as it can be discerned of the Atlantic city meeting of the mob bosses.
Lots of facts, some myths dispelled. A great little audiobook for fans of history or true crime.
Narration was clear and concise, and easy to listen to.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Enlightening History
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Unfortunately, there's not much information to go on, so some of these events are unverified, or impossible to verify currently. But hey, what did you expect to know about the time a bunch of criminals all met up for a strategy session? Sadly, the knowledge of what truly happened may be lost forever, but Tonelli does a fine job of weaving all of the known facts and extrapolates what likely occurred.
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Busting myths like kneecaps
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Fact or Fiction
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At first, I thought, "Well, this guy has done his research." Then I thought, "Okay, that's enough about what other people wrote about these events - what do you have to say?"
In the end, I came away not knowing much more about this ostensible beginning of organized crime than I had known at the beginning.
The narrator did a great job. That kept me listening.
More research than story
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interesting story about this gathering.
Anyone who enjoys these types of stories with characters related to organized crime will appreciate
this book.
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The facts about a famous meeting.
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The narrator did a phenomenal job in narrating this book. His ability to change his accent to match that of the characters in the book I found to be outstanding.
If you're a fan of Goodfellas, Boardwalk Empire, Mobsters, or any of the many other movies and television shows out there, then I highly recommend you get this book.
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La Cosa Nostra
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