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"It's over. You'd have to be Ray Charles not to see it." —former New Jersey capo Ron Previte, on the mob today As a cop, Ron Previte was corrupt. As a mobster he was brutal. And in his final role, as a confidential informant to the FBI, Previte was deadly. The Last Gangster is his story—the story of the last days of the Philadelphia Mob, and of the clash of generations that brought it down once and for all. For 35 years Ron Previte roamed the underworld. A six–foot, 300–pound capo in the Philadelphia–South Jersey crime family, he ran every mob scam and gambit from drug trafficking and prostitution to the extortion of millions from Atlantic City. In his own words, "Every day was a different felony." By the 1990s, Previte, an old–school workhorse, found himself answering to younger mob bosses like "Skinny Joe" Merlino, who seemed increasingly spoiled, cocky, and careless. Convinced that the honor of the "business" was gone, he became the FBI's secret weapon in an intense and highly personalized war on the Philadelphia mob. Operating with the same guile, wit, and stone–cold bravado that had made him a force in the underworld—and armed with only a wiretap secured to his crotch—Previte recorded it all; the murder, the mayhem, and even the story of mob boss Ralph Natale's affair with his youngest daughter's best friend. Previte and his FBI cronies eventually prevailed, securing the convictions of his nemeses, "Skinny Joey" Merlino and Ralph Natale.
- Sales Rank: #768745 in Books
- Brand: Anastasia, George
- Published on: 2005-03-01
- Released on: 2005-03-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x .91" w x 4.19" l, .42 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 352 pages
About the Author
George Anastasia, who spent more than thirty years reporting on crime for the Philadelphia Inquirer, is the grandson of Sicilian immigrants who settled in South Philadelphia. He is the author of six books of nonfiction, including Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob—the Mafia’s Most Violent Family (which Jimmy Breslin called the “best gangster book ever written”); The Last Gangster; and The Summer Wind: Thomas Capano and the Murder of Anne Marie Fahey. He lives in southern New Jersey.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Nobody Writes Mafia Books Like George Anastasia
By IBR
This book is a continuation of sorts by the author George Anastasia. He wrote the fantastic Blood and Honor and the Goodfella Tapes along with Mob Father, all dealing with the Philly Mob. This one revolves around a small time hustler named Ron Previte who latches on to the South Philly Mob after bouncing through various scams. He becomes an informant merely as a backup plan to save himself from eventual prison but ends up recording South Philly boss Joey Merlino and others before he is pulled from the streets. Though Previte has a ridiculous view of his own importance and martyrdom as a criminal, he and Anastasia tell an entertaining and fascinating story about the modern mafia. Some are down to hawking ceiling fans and coolers at bodegas to make ends meet. The stories range all the way down to his running a whore house which doesn't make any money, selling drugs with other lowlifes, and his fat rear end trading blow for sex. Absolutely a must read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
The Last Ron
By N. P. Stathoulopoulos
The Last Gangster is the story of Ron Previte and the Philadelphia mob, written by local crime reporter George Anastasia. It's a good chronicle of the circus-like happenings in the Philly LCN from the late 80s through the 90s, when the entire operation collapsed.
Previte's story is certainly unique, he being a former gangster-turned government witness whose real criminal education actually began in law enforcement(!) Violating one of the oldest (and easiest to understand) LCN rules, Previate was alowed into the family after having served on the Philly PD. Developing his criminal-minded, scheming chops as a cop, Previte was eventually able to earn tremendous amounts of money (like all mob rats who write books, he made several jillion dollars) and come to the attention of "made" guys. Of course, like any of these stories, one has to a) expect that there's plenty of boasting about the amount of money the guy made, b) how incredibly brilliant he really was (compared to what he thinks of himself), and c) question if such a character can ever really change. Previte at least doesn't come off as too self-righteous, and even though he's out of "the life"...I highly doubt he's become a model Boy Scout since.
This is not a flattering portrait of the Philly LCN in the 90s...but given the history of this clan, I don't see how a flattering portrait coud be painted. Following the rule of Nicky Scarfo, the family fell into disarray with "young turks" battling the old guard (headed by Sicilian-born boss John Stanfa) for total control in a rare shooting war on the streets in the early-to-mid 90s. When the smoke cleared, flashy wiseguy "Skinny Joe" Merlino emerged as the leader, and Stanfa was given a 1,000-year vacation courtesy of the government. In a bizarre scenario, Merline made himself the "boss" while having a figurhead "boss" named Ralph Natale out there. Natale eventually became a rat himself. All in all, it seems like a fairly small core of guys rotating in and out of prison.
Would be very interesting to read a follow-up, since the years following the Merlino era were stable and quiet until very recently.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Aftershocks of the Scarfo Era
By Mickey Ryan
As a hustler and former dirty cop from South Jersey, Ron Previte was one day solicited by the FBI to work undercover in helping them take down the new and unimproved Philly Mafia family in the middle of a violent power struggle. Joe Merlino, aka Skinny Joey, was the young and flashy South Philly wiseguy on the make and John Stanfa was the old school, Sicilian-bred boss chosen by the New York Commission to bring the troubled family in the city of brotherly love back together. 'The Last Gangster' is a very entertaining book well written by the legendary George Anastasia but if you've read The Goodfella Tapes you'll be very familiar with the details of the mob war. Besides Previte, the main difference here is one Ralph Natale, a sleazy and bumbling ex-con who quickly takes the reign of the family after his prison release. The at-times unbelievable and hilariously dark slice of American crime works well in a book, especially when penned by Anastasia.
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