"The Snare of the Road was first published in 1916 by A-No. 1, "The Famous Tramp." These are true stories about trains, tramping and hoboes told from the point of view of the tramp. Illustrated and fabulously entertaining."--

"The Wife I Won is No. 10 in a self-published nonfiction series by hobo writer A No. 1. Contains stories, observations and illustrations of life on the road. The Author has carefully avoided the least mention of anything that would be unfit reading for ladies or children. First published circa 1920."--

"First published in 1914, this detailed account of female hobos is a rare and beautiful example of early American storytelling. The Adventures of a Female Tramp is social history, presenting vagabond underground culture with humor, excitement and a flare for the dramatic. Each of the cross-country adventures are told by "the famous hobo" A. No. 1 who authored several books about tramping, including From Coast to Coast with Jack London, which inspired...

Charles 'Cherry Nose" Gioe was a mobster in the Chicago syndicate led by Al Capone. In charge of gambling rackets Gioe consulted with Dutch Schultz as an emissary for Capone in the early 1930s. Later Cherry Nose was imprisoned for racketeering in Hollywood. Along with three other defendants he was convicted of bilking motion picture studios out of more than $1 million dollars. --Provided by publisher.

Started by Italian brothers from North Denver, the high-profile Smaldone crime syndicate began in the bootlegging days of the 1920s and flourished into the 1980s. Connected to notorious crime figures, politicians, and presidents, Clyde Smaldone was the crime family's leader. Through candid interviews and firsthand accounts, Dick Kreck reveals the true sense of what it meant to be a Smaldone, not only the corrupt but also the virtuous.Dick Kreck retired...

"Eddie Trascher was a gentleman gangster but he never wanted to be part of the mob. For 50 years, from the pre-Castro Havana casinos to Los Angeles, Trascher stole from mob-owned casinos, scammed gangsters, and was one of the top bookies in the country. He capped his career as a confidential informant for Florida law enforcement and was the source for getting inside the Trafficante Mafia family. Balls is written by Scott Dietche and Ken Sanz. Sanz...

Joe Adonis, aka Joe Doto, was involved with a number of hoodlums in the New York fur industry, men who were in trouble with the police and sought a means of alleviating this. On one occasion they shook down wealthy Meyer Shapiro a Manhattan Beach resident who was extorted in a confidence game at a hideout the Adonis' group maintained in Brooklyn. My e-book is a short profile of the Lucciano crime family as it operated in New York City in 1932. --Provided...

Johnny Torrio is sometimes seen as a footnote to Al Capone who is most often associated with the heyday of Chicago criminal activity. Yet it was Torrio who moved from Italy to New York to Chicago who established the first empire in Chicago. At the time there were two rival gangs in the windy city, They dealt in gambling, prostitution, extortion, liquor running, et cetera The O'Banion gang was a bitter rival of first Torrio and later Al Capone. --Provided...

Andrew Alberti was a prominent member of the Gambino syndicate from the 1950s until his death in 1964. Alberti was a player in a 1953 narcotics ring that was busted in Manhattan. The leader of the drug syndicate was Jean David aka the Silver Fox Laget. Laget was wanted for the 1937 murder of a banker in France. Alberti's father, Frank, was also active in the Gambino family organization. Authorities surmised that Andrew had assumed control of many...

Carl Carramusa was a low-level mobster in Kansas City. In the late 1930s and 1940s drugs were imported to Florida from Marseilles, France via Havana, Cuba. Kansas City was a fulcrum of midwestern drug trafficking. Carramusa became a federal informant. His information was crucial in bringing about the imprisonment of Sicilians who supplied drugs to KC from a base in Tampa. Carramusa fled Kansas City and moved to Chicago in the aftermath of the narcotics...