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01648aam a2200313 i 4500 001 A520A4289F7611ECBC2E855C59ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220309010020 008 210527t20222022nyua e 00 0 eng d 020 $a 1324020172 020 $a 9781324020172 035 $a (OCoLC)1252844540 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d JUH $d SILO 100 1 $a Shorto, Russell, $e author. 245 10 $a Smalltime : $b a story of my family and the mob. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W. W. Norton, $c [2022] 300 $a 259 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Includes Reading Group Guide. 520 $a Author Russell Shorto never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob boss but maintained an unspoken family vow of silence. Then an elderly relative prodded: "Youre a writer -- what are you gonna do about the story?" This is a mob story straight out of central casting -- but with a difference, for the small-town mob, which stretched from Schenectady to Fresno, is a mostly unknown world. The location is the brawny post-war factory town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The setting is City Cigar, a storefront next to City Hall, behind which Russ and his brother-in-law, Little Joe, 600 10 $a Shorto, Russ $q (Russell), $d 1914-1981. 650 0 $a Organized crime. 650 0 $a Criminals. 650 0 $a Italian Americans. 650 0 $a Families. 650 0 $a Twentieth century. 651 0 $a Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) 941 $a 1 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20220309011750.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A520A4289F7611ECBC2E855C59ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search