Final Mob Nite on Tuesday
January 24, 2011 by Da Boss
Filed under Organized Crime, People
What will probably be the most colorful of the Mob presentations, Dennis Griffin, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B Goodman and Andrew DiNonato close out Mob Month at the Las Vegas Public Library on Tuesday, January 25.
This discussions will focus on what led to living a life of crime, the decision to leave that kind of life behind, protecting family and loved ones during the transition, and moving forward.
Andrew DiDonato worked for the Genovese and Gambino crime families in New York who later became a government informant and wrote the book Surviving The Mob which was later turned into a confessional style documentary film; Dennis Griffin penned several fiction & nonfiction books about organized crime including The Battle For Las Vegas, Policing Las Vegas, and Cullotta; plus a visit with special guest Mayor Oscar Goodman as he reminisces about his legal eagle days representing Mob kingpins.
The Mob Museum is scheduled to open in 2011 and a presentation of mob related items will be donated to Mayor Goodman on behalf of the Museum in an onstage ceremony.
Information About Mob Month
The presentations are in the main theater and are free and open to the public. Everything begins at 7pm
Clark County Library Mob Month events are co-sponsored by Yelp. Free and open to the public. All program seating is first-come, first-served. Books will be available for purchase and signing after each program.
For more information, please call 507-3458. Clark County Library
Mob Month at Clark County Library
Please join me in January for three special presentations at the Clark County Library as they present Mob Month. The presentations are in the main theater and are free and open to the public. Everything begins at 7pm
The first presentation is on January 4,
Clark County Library welcomes four panelists: two from the right side of the law and two from the wrong side:
Retired FBI special agent Dennis Arnoldy led the team that arrested the infamous Hole In The Wall Gang; former mafia street soldier-turned-author/filmmaker Andrew DiDonato (Surviving The Mob) worked for the Gambino & Genovese crime families; ex-sheriff/ Internet talk show host Dennis Griffin is an author of 10 bestsellers including The Battle For Las Vegas– The Law vs. The Mob, Vegas Vixen, and Cullotta ; and ex-mobster/active government witness Salvatore ‘Fat Sal’ Mangiavillano whose testimony against mob instigators Peter Gotti & Huck Carbonaro resulted in their convictions.
Books and DVDs by DiDonato and Griffin will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation. For more information, please call 507-3458.
The second presentation is on January 18.
This discussions will revolve around heavyweights from organized crime families in New York, New Jersey and Chicago who ended up in Las Vegas, what it was like turning on the Mob and working for the government, plus Hollywood memories from the Martin Scorsese movies Casino and Goodfellas.
Frank Cullotta of the Chicago Mob participated in the original Hole In The Wall Gang that pulled off the most notorious heist in Las Vegas and was mob technical advisor on the movie Casino; Andrew DiDonato worked for the Genovese & Gambino crime families in New York who later became a government informant and produced a documentary movie about his criminal life ; Dennis Griffin penned Cullotta, a biographical expose about Frank Cullotta’s life of crime; East Coast ex-mobster Henry Hill got the Hollywood treatment when his life story of working for the Lucchese crime family was portrayed by actor Ray Liotta in Goodfellas; and actor Craig Vincent played the cowboy who wouldn’t take his boots off the table in Casino and was also a technical advisor/stuntman for the movie. The Mob Museum is scheduled to open in 2011 and a presentation of mob related items will be donated to curator Kathleen Hickey Barrie on behalf of the Museum in an onstage ceremony.
Books and merchandise by DiDonato, Griffin & Hill will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation. For more information, please call 507-3458.
The third and final presentation is January 25.
The discussions will focus on what led to living a life of crime, the decision to leave that kind of life behind, protecting family and loved ones during the transition, and moving forward.
Andrew DiDonato worked for the Genovese and Gambino crime families in New York who later became a government informant and wrote the book Surviving The Mob which was later turned into a confessional style documentary film; Dennis Griffin penned several fiction & nonfiction books about organized crime including The Battle For Las Vegas, Policing Las Vegas, and Cullotta; plus a visit with special guest Mayor Oscar Goodman as he reminisces about his legal eagle days representing Mob kingpins. The Mob Museum is scheduled to open in 2011 and a presentation of mob related items will be donated to Mayor Goodman on behalf of the Museum in an onstage ceremony.
Information About Mob Month
Clark County Library Mob Month events are co-sponsored by Yelp. Free and open to the public. All program seating is first-come, first-served. Books will be available for purchase and signing after each program.
For more information, please call 507-3458. Clark County Library
“Surviving The Mob” to be Released
October 29, 2010 by Da Boss
Filed under Books, Organized Crime, Updates
My new book project, “Surviving the Mob,” is ready to be sent to the printer and will be released before Christmas. It is the story of former Gambino crime family associate Andrew DiDonato. In his own words, you’ll learn how organized crime has changed over the years. From the early days when family members were considered to be men of honor, to the post-Gotti era where the bosses are concerned only about themselves; and loyalty runs strictly from the bottom up.
My previous Mob-related books dealt with those earlier times. Working with Andrew on his biography and finding out what modern-day organized crime is like was truly an eye-opening experience for me.
I think you too will enjoy hearing about life in the Mob from a street soldier’s perspective. Andrew lived in a world where there are few winners or happy endings. He’ll tell you what happens when you make wrong choices in your life and start down a road from which it is very difficult to turn back. You’ll come away realizing, just as Andrew does, how lucky he is to be alive.
Yes, Andrew survived the Mob. But many of his friends did not. And even though he is alive and free today, those poor choices cost him his family, friends, and his very identity.
After publication, we will release a book signing and appearance schedule.
