#russellshorto

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Coming up tomorrow morning! #ocean98 #voiceofthecommunity #bulldogsrudeawakeningshow #ocmd #russellshorto #shiningsolcandleco #bigoysterbrewery #angelinadiana #johnstownpa (at Ocean 98.1 WOCM) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVQVzJB--y/?igshid=1rz2efv0aaohb

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In case you’d like some late #summerreading, #theislandatthecenteroftheworld by #russellshorto should be on your list. #readingisfundamental #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #buythisbook (at Westbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEs_8ztJLNm/?igshid=l77sknepoc73

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Smalltime

Smalltime-A great look into the history of the Sicilian mafia and its influx into America told from a unique perspective of a small town mobster’s descendant. @RussellShorto @wwnorton #mafia #history #memoir #review

Russell Shorto, the author, is not to be confused with his grandfather, Russell Shorto, the Smalltime Mafioso who was the No. 2 man in the small steel mill town of Johnstown between 1946 through 1960. This is the elder Shorto’s story. But more interesting, it is also the story of how and why the mafia evolved in Sicily and then moved around the world. Shortly after the American Civil War,…

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TFW your horrifying, notorious ancestor is a literal #unsolvedmysteries case. 😂 #cornelisvantienhoven #vantienhoven #peterstuyvesant #newnetherland #newamsterdam #newyorkcityhistory #theislandatthecenteroftheworld #russellshorto #buythisbook #readingisfundamental - I honestly wish they taught us this important history in school! It was neglected in favor of the slightly later Revolutionary era, and I never knew I had such a strong connection to it until earlier this year. What a surprise! (at Westbury) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEs9fbnpaVK/?igshid=19ht25jpyibmz