Smaldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family
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 from The Denver Post after...
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Dive into the underworld of a notorius western crime family with the bestselling book Smaldone, now in paperback.
Foreword xiAcknowledgments xviiChapter 1 Little Caesar 1Chapter 2 Arrivals 15Chapter 3 Bootleg 29Chapter 4 Noble Experiment 39Chapter 5 Murder, Inc. 55Chapter 6 Clyde 71Chapter 7 Checkers 97Chapter 8 Pueblo 113Chapter 9 Central City 127Chapter 10 Rich and Famous 139Chapter 11 The Heights 153Chapter 12 1953 167Chapter 13 Double-crossed 183Chapter 14 Chauncey, Paulie, and Eugene 197Chapter 15 The Smaldone Women 211Chapter 16 Recessional 229Epilogue 241Notes 256Bibliography 264Index 269
