The book starts off by letting us know who the 5 families of the mob are and there founders. We got Lucchese for Frank Lucchese, Genovese for Vito Genovese, Bonanno for Joseph Bonanno, Gambino for Carlo Gambino, and Profaci for Joe Profaci. In order to be a "made man" you had to be 100% Italian. You didn't have to be "made" to be in the mob though, but watch your back at all times if your not "made." Once your in the Mafia there is one way out, "feet first" which means your in till you die. Frankie Saggio was raised by his Uncle Philly or Philip Giaccone, he was part of the Bonanno family. When Frankie started school his uncle told him this, "Franke, if someone bothers you in school or on the street, you pick up anything you find-a baseball bat, a brick, a garbage can-and bash their skull in." Being raised by Mafia members was like getting trained to be in the mob.
Also being a member of the mob meant you rolled in style. For christmas family members would get Mercedes convertibles or motorcycles. "He had a garage filled with cases of lobster, filet mignon, shrimp-anything you wanted," recalls Frankies mother Petrina Saggio. Just because the mafia ate fancy didn't mean they didn't care about anything but money. Sure your "in" the mob to make money but family always came first. "Uncle Philly always came home for dinner by 6 p.m. every night he was alive. If a member of his crew came to his house with a girlfriend, Uncle Philly would tell him, 'You bring your wife or you don't come,' and he would close the door on the guys face," Frankie remembers.
-B-rich
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