Sunshine State Mafia by Doug Kelly PAPERBACK 9780813080482

Sunshine State MafiaA History of Florida's Mobsters, Hit Men, and Wise Guys\nAuthor(s): Doug Kelly\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Florida, United States\nImprint: University Press of Florida\nISBN-13: 9780813080482, 978-0813080482\nSynopsis\nInside accounts and little-known stories of criminal networks in Floridas past\n\nA vivid, wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book tells stories of organized crime rings that have settled in Florida and made the state their base of operations for bootlegging, gambling, extortion, money laundering, and drug running. Sunshine State Mafia divulges the hidden history of the mob from the Keys to Pensacola and Jacksonville.\n\nFeaturing Al Capone and crime rings in Miami and South Florida, the Trafficante family in Tampa, Harlan Blackburn and his gambling empire in Orlando, and many more individuals both infamous and little-known, this book explains how and why mob bosses from northern states came to Florida in the earl.