Prohibition Made the Mafia: The Men - the Money - the Mob
- ISBN-10
- 1693869632
- ISBN-13
- 9781693869631
- Pages
- 449
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-18
- Author
- T. Warren Wyndham
Description
"Prohibition made the Mafia." This statement has been shared many times over the years. While it is not completely accurate, there is no denying that the impact of Prohibition accelerated the power and profits of every major crime family during the Prohibition years.I discovered my fascination with the "good old days," the Roaring Twenties, Prohibition, and the exciting times and characters that painted the history of the industry I became a part of. I quickly developed an interest in the history of Prohibition, gangsters, and their involvement in the whiskey bidness, before during and after the Prohibition years.I spent 40 years, my entire working lifetime, in the "whiskey bidness." As I evolved from a Southern Baptist upbringing to being partners with an ex-felon friend of Meyer Lansky and Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo, my attitude and values changed. The larceny in my heart easily won out over my religious youth. I stumbled into my first job at a major liquor distributor in Texas after a three-year stint in the Army--and never looked back. This is the story of my research into the colorful gangsters and the illicit sides of the liquor business. Included are some stories of my brushes with some of the known and not-so-well-known people and families that prospered during Prohibition and beyond. Many of those families still drive the sometimes loved, sometimes hated, always tolerated whiskey bidness.
