The Trafficantes, Godfathers from Tampa, Florida: The Mafia, the CIA and the JFK Assassination

I've been a fan of old-time gangsters long before the movie 'The Godfather" came out. Being from South Tampa I know that old time Mafia types had some beautiful, yet very secluded homes and mansions in our area. Everybody knew where they lived but nobody really knew anything about them. As teenagers, we all knew not to speed through their areas or do anything that might get their attention. We did know that after Chicago and New York, little sun-baked Tampa had the third most powerful Mafia families - BUT, they were never flashy - no big cars, no sharkskin suits (who would wear one in Tampa anyway? Very interesting reading. Now Tampa has some very strong black super-gangs and Cuban-American cartels.

Informative. Well researched. Some elements appear a tad dated. Other than that, a breezy, insightful read. I picked it up for research on a current screenplay I'm working on. A good intro - well done!

I grew up in Tampa, and went to high school with close and distant members of the Trafficante family (who were not involved in Santo's 'business') and the book is accurate but not very deep. Accurate as to street names and locations. This is a quick read. But there are other books about Tampa, the Mafia, the Trafficantes and related organized people that I'd recommend first before reading this one.

Interesting

This book is very interesting it tells the story of Trafficantes life However it doesn't reveal anything new it covers "Tampa crime family","Santo Sr. and Jr. "the Bay of Pigs" and "Kenedy's assassination" in 140 pages it is a thin fast-read , but nevertheless nicely written. Overall it's worth its price.

The book is interesting , if wants to stretch the limits of one's conclusions , based on the author's hypothesis of his conspirators link to JFK 'S assassination . But this stretch to a unsubstantiated conclusion leaves much room to fall into the many abyss . The reasonable doubt threshold is far removed . Read November Shadows , by Vincent Terra , Page Publishing , Thank you .

Only about 100 pages long and filled with typos and grammatical errors, this was clearly a rush job with little editing. Don't waste your time.

Tampa crime scene gave me a good understanding of the USA MOB. Before I read this book – I only thought that it was people in Chicago - back to 1930. About the role in the Kennedy assassinations - hope all archives will be opened one day and all questions could be answered.