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C. Alexander Hortis

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The United States

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History, Nonfiction, Crime

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Daniel Stashower, Paul Collins, Mike Dash, Gillian Flynn, and David Gr ...more

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"[A] fascinating look at the crime and what came after...the reader is rewarded by the increasingly bonkers trials and their fallout." -New York Times book review

"Hortis's fastidious historical detail makes this episode come to life.... Fans of Daniel Stashower will love this." -Publishers Weekly *STARRED* Review

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	The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice 3.57 avg rating — 1,349 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York by C. Alexander Hortis (Goodreads Author), James B. Jacobs (Foreword) 3.70 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In July 1958, Cristoforo Rubino became another informer to fall before testifying against Mafia drug traffickers. A week before he was to testify before a grand jury investigating Vito Genovese and other traffickers, Rubino was shot dead on a Brooklyn sidewalk.98”
― C. Alexander Hortis, Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York

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