Head of the Family: The Life of Joe Colombo

by Don Capria and Anthony Colombo

The long-untold story of legendary New York mob boss Joe Colombo--by his son, Anthony

The original ""Dapper Don"" Joe Colombo remains the most paradoxical figure in the history of organized crime in the United States. On the one hand, he was a villain who betrayed the boss of the Profaci family to the Mafia Commission, which gave Colombo control of the family and renamed it after him. On the other, he was a hero to Italian-Americans, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118141075
• ISBN13: 9781118141076
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 320 Pages