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The latest in the New York Times Bestselling History Series

KILLING THE MOB

The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing” series — like “Killing Lincoln,” “Killing Kennedy,” “Killing Crazy Horse” — for sure killing the competition — lives on. May 4, for his new “Killing the Mob” — names like Capone, Gotti, Hoffa, Kennedy, Dewey, Anastasia, Giancana — St. Martin’s first printing is 600,000.

O’Reilly: “Organized crime, begun after WWII, became the world’s most powerful industry. They ran gambling, prostitution, everything. Nobody knew about it. The FBI didn’t investigate because Hoover was busy battling communism. Also, not proven but believed is that the Mafia had something on Hoover.

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