Brothers in Blood: The Rise of the Criminal Brotherhoods

by David Leon Chandler

Surveys the origins and developments of the criminal brotherhood and its individual constituent societies, from fifteenth-century Spain's Garduna to today's Cosa Nostra and the emerging Unione Corse

Genres: True Crime, History

248 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

American journalist who wrote several historical and biographical books.

In 1962 he and his team won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for investigating and exposing corruption.

He was associated with early coverage of the Kennedy Assassination and was mentioned in the Warren Commission report.