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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Shorto, Russell.     Subjects     Shorto, Russell -- Family.     Shorto, Russ (Russell), 1914-1981.     Organized crime -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 20th century.     Criminals -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Shorto, Russell.       by title:      Smalltime : a story ...       by call number:      364.1092 S559s     Search the Web     Shorto, Russell.     Shorto, Russell -- Family.     Shorto, Russ (Russell), 1914-1981.     Organized crime -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 20th century.     Criminals -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Smalltime : a story of my family and the mob / Russell Shorto. by Shorto, Russell. W.W. Norton & Company, 2021. Call #: 364.1092 S559s Subjects Shorto, Russell -- Family.   Shorto, Russ (Russell), 1914-1981.   Organized crime -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 20th century.   Criminals -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County) -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780393245585 (hc.) Alternate title:  Small-time : a story of my family and the mob Edition:  1st ed. Description:  259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258). Summary:  "Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a city 'in its brawny postwar prime,' is where 'Little Joe' Regino and Russ Shorto build a local gambling empire on the earnings of factory workers for whom placing a bet--on a horse or pool game, pinball or 'tip seal'--is their best shot at the American dream. Decades later, Russell Shorto grew up knowing that his grandfather was a small-town mobster, but never thought to write about him, in keeping with an unspoken family vow of silence. Then a distant cousin prodded him: You gotta write about it. Smalltime, the story of Shorto's search for his namesake, delves into the world of the small-town mob, an intricate web that spanned midcentury America, stitching together cities from Yonkers to Fresno. A riveting immigrant story, Smalltime is also deeply personal, as the author's ailing father, Tony, becomes his partner in piecing together their patriarch's troubled past. Moving, wryly funny, and richly detailed, Smalltime is an irresistible memoir by a masterful writer of historical narrative."--publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1092 S559s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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