Mini-Mob

In this book the author, Russell Shorto, reluctantly investigates the story of his family's immigration from Sicily to Pennsylvania and their subsequent involvement in organized crime. He says he avoided that topic for years but finally relented as his father's health was failing. The back cover of the book talks about the connection of small-time crime that spanned the nation, "from Yonkers to Fresno". Having grown up near Fresno, I was hoping there would be some mention of that part of the country, but Shorto specifically focuses on his family and their immediate environs. You delve into the author's family history, and there are definitely some intriguing parts. In the process of writing, he discovers some of his longstanding "memories" may have been fallible, and I'm glad he had that experience.