Steel City Mafia, Paul N. Hodos
Steel City Mafia, Paul N. Hodos
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Steel City Mafia
Blood, Betrayal and Pittsburgh's Last Don

Author: Paul N. Hodos

Narrator: Justin Price

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/10/2023


Synopsis

Pittsburgh's small but lucrative Cosa Nostra mafia family was on the rise in 1985 with a newly crowned Don . . . The men who came to dominate the rackets in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia opened the family to massive profits from drug trafficking and a street tax on other criminal activities. At the same time, the Youngstown, Ohio, faction of the family launched a brutal mob war against the weakening Cleveland mafia and the Altoona, Pennsylvania, crew violently clamped down on their city. Discover gritty stories of a made member who controlled who a local police department hired, an informant who betrayed his own mafia grandfather and father, numerous unsolved murders and a mob mole in the Pittsburgh office of the FBI. This is the tale of a mafia family at the pinnacle of its power, willing to do anything to hold on to that power and its downfall in the criminal underworld.

About Paul N. Hodos

Paul N. Hodos is a two-time book author, article author, and former FBI supervisory intelligence analyst in the Criminal Investigative Division. He received his undergraduate degree in history at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and his graduate degree in strategic intelligence at the National Intelligence University in Bethesda, Maryland. Paul was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Kensington, Maryland, with his very supportive wife and kids.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lorien

If you know the area, this is an interesting, albeit dry read. I wish there were more Pgh centric stories instead of so many about Ohio/Altoona.......more

Goodreads review by Gina

A very good read for those who have knowledge on/are interested in this topic already; however, this could be a tough read for someone without any background knowledge of the area.......more

Goodreads review by Paul

As someone who is originally from near the Pittsburgh area, I was a bit surprised to come across this book which has parts of history that I did and didn't remember about an era of the mafia in Pittsburgh. Paul N Hodos explains the origins of this notorious family & their dealings that stretched fro......more