false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255928449m/2884914.jpg 2884914 1 "Petey Chops wasn't kicking up. And if he didn't start soon, he was going to get whacked." So begins <I>Making Jack Falcone,</i> the extraordinary true story of an undercover FBI agent's years-long investigation of the Gambinos, which resulted in a string of arrests that crippled the organized crime family.<P>But long before Joaquin "Jack" Garcia found himself wearing a wire with some of the Mafia's top capos, he was one of the FBI's unlikeliest recruits. A Cuban-born American, Jack graduated from Quantico standing six-foot-four and weighing 300 pounds -- not your typical G-man. Jack's stature soon proved an asset as the FBI looked to place agents undercover with drug smugglers, counterfeiters, and even killers. Jack became one of the few FBI agents dedicated solely to undercover work. <P>Using a series of carefully created aliases, Jack insinuated himself in the criminal world, from the Badlands of Philadelphia, where he was a gregarious money launderer, to the streets of Miami, where an undercover Garcia moved stolen and illicit goods and brought down dirty cops. Jack jumped at the opportunity to infiltrate the shadowy world of La Cosa Nostra, but how would the Cuban-American convince wiseguys that he was one of their own, a Sicilian capable of "earning his button" -- getting made in the Mafia? For the first time, the FBI created a special "mob school" for Jack, teaching him how to eat, talk, and <I>think</i> like a wiseguy. And it wasn't long before the freshly minted Jack Falcone found himself under the wing of one of the Gambinos' old school capos, Greg DePalma. DePalma, who cared for an ailing John Gotti in prison, introduced Falcone to his world of shakedowns, beatings, and envelopes of cash, never suspecting that one of his trusted crew members was a federal agent. <P>A page-turning account of the struggle between law enforcement and organized crime that will rank with such classic stories as <I>Donnie Brasco, Serpico,</i> and <I>Wiseguy, Making Jack Falcone</i> is an unforgettable trip into America's underworld through the eyes of a highly decorated FBI veteran. 2911149 15 9 2008 Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family total:47|5:7|4:17|3:14|2:8|1:1| 47 162 77 16 2 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 16:33:18 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 16:36:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 12:16:44 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 12:29:19 -0800 2008
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I read Donnie Brasco and loved it. I've ready 10 or 20 mafia related books (fiction and non-fiction) and this is one my favorites. After a short description of his early days in the FBI and how he got into undercover work, it delves into his infilt...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 18:34:29 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 17:24:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 08:05:18 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 08:10:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 04 22:09:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 22:09:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 16:48:08 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 16:53:15 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 09:31:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 13:56:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 13:26:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:27:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:33:14 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 20:56:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Aug 04 08:19:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:19:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 13:53:36 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 14:53:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 12:13:07 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 12:47:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:35:35 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 19:09:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:50:12 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 14:34:39 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 10 09:57:37 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 17 14:13:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 09:36:41 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 09:46:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 12:01:32 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 12:01:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 19:27:54 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 19:27:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 18:44:23 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 18:44:27 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2884914