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FAMILY PAGE ON THIS SITE Follow "King Of The Godfathers" on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=355319328086 LITTLE ITALY WEB CAST: Wednesday night, June 10, 2009!! Tune in the web show "Giambotto Dolce,"
at 8 p.m. hosted by actress Mary Ann Maisano and you will see her interview author Tony DeStefano live. The show is done from
Grotto Azzura Restaurant and is live. Hear the latest on The Last Godfather and the goings on in the Bonanno Crime Family,
etc. To see the program just paste the following address in your web browser at 8 p.m. on June
10. http://www.dolcechannel.com/pages/liveradio.php Remember to paste this into your
web browser
There
is another BOOK SIGNING and DISCUSSION planned for "King of the Godfathers. Come to Barnes and Nobles at 2245
Richmond Avenue on Staten Island to talk about the mob, the Bonanno crime family and the writing of the book at 7:00
p.m., May 1, 2009. The store is just north of the Staten Island Mall. DELAWARE BOOK SIGNING
WAS BIG EVENT: Scores of copies of "King Of The Godfathers" sold at the book signing in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
on August 29, as depicted above. With interest sparked by a radio interview of Tony DeStefano on WGMD with Dan Gaffney,
a lot of readers came, made purchases and talked about why mob stories interest them. Watch these pages for more signings. New Edition now available!!!An updated trade paperback edition of "King of The Godfather"
the softcover of "The Last Godfather" is available as of May 27, 2008. It can be ordered on Amazon.com.
It is in larger format and contains a new chapter about Vincent Basciano and other recent developments in the Bonanno crime
family. GREAT REVIEW!: The New York Law Journal published a good review of "The War On Human Trafficking."
The paper found the book an informative, eye-opening account of the human trafficking problem.MORE NEW PAPERBACKS:
Another paperback version of The Last Godfather will be out in May, 2008 and contains a new chapter on Vincent Basciano
and developments through the end of 2007. The trade paperback version of "King of The Godfathers,"
a larger version of the mass market paperback, can be preordered at Amazon.com. Good news about "The War on
Human Trafficking," published by Rutgers University Press. A paperback version is due out later this summer. The book
seems to be popular with college and university courses.NEW EDITION!: The paperback version of The Last Godfather
is coming out June 5, 2007 under the title "King of The Godfathers." It is available at Amazon.com and Barnes and
Noble.com, as well as fine bookstores everywhereEmail!!!: You can email this website now attony@tonydestefano.com NEW BOOK: "The War On Human Trafficking," By Anthony M. DeStefano and published by
Rutgers University Press will be available on August 13, 2007. Copies can be ordered online from Amazon.com "The
Last Godfather" and the paperback version, "King of The Godfathers," are on sale from Sunday, Nov 11 thru Tuesday
Nov 13 at the Dwight-Englewood School Second Annual Book Sale in Englewood, N.J. School is on East Palisade Avenue.
The school gets a percentage of each book sold in cooperation with Borders Bookstore.Coffee, tea, popcorn and The
Last Godfather: Author Tony DeStefano held a book signing and discussion at Central City Coffee's grand opening of its Dale
and Thomas popcorn display in Englewood, N.J. The crowd enjoyed the summery day, bought books and feasted on free popcorn!Tony
DeStefano was interviewed on September 25, 2007 on WGMD, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, by newscaster Bill Colley about "King
of The Godfathers." Tony DeStefano was interviewed on May 4, 2007 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
for its news segement on the racketeering plea by reputed Montreal crime boss Vito Rizzuto. The book
signing on April 24th, 7:30 p.m. in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside, Queens at the Barnes and Noble store was
well attended, led to a lively discussion about the mob and the sale of some books! Watch this page for more appearances soon. Radio
spot: The Last Godfather author Tony DeStefano appeared on the Murray Richman radio show, "Don't Worry Murray," about
crime and law on WVOX in WestchesterThe book signing for The Last Godfather at Borders Books at the Atlas Park mall
in Glendale, Queens, took place the evening of March 9. It was well attended. Good review!:The prestigious
New York Law Journal said on February 2, 2007 that "The Last Godfather" gives "unique insight" into
the betrayals which lead to Joseph Massino's downfall. "The story of Joseph Massino's 20 year run with the mob
is a study of his survival instincts and his respect for Omerta, the code of silence," writes reviewer Steven Worth.
"The
Last Godfather" is one of the nominees for this year's "Edgar" awards given by the Mystery Writers of America
in the category of true crime nonfiction. Award winners are announced in 2007. We shall see.Author Anthony
DeStefano appeared on November 21, 2006 at the Barnes and Noble store in downtown Brooklyn for a discussion/signing of "The
Last Godfather." Event begins at 7:00 p.m. The address is 106 Court Street, accessible by the IRT 4& 5 Lines. "The
Last Godfather" was featured on November 18th on KCLU radio's "Beyond Words" book program hosted by Frances
Halpern. The program, broadcast in Santa Barbara County in California, featured an interview with Anthony DeStefano. Read
about "The Last Godfather: Joseph Massino and The Fall of The Bonanno Crime Family" in the September 28,
and October 5 2006 editions of the well known mob news website www.ganglandnews.com. Noted author Jerry Capeci says "The Last Godfather" is the " the last word, and best work, on the life and
times of Joe Massino."
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Mr. DeStefano has covered organized
crime for over three decades. For the past 20 years he has been a reporter for Newsday in New York City, specializing in criminal
justice and legal affairs.
As part of the staff of Newsday, Mr. DeStefano has covered a number of major trials, including
those of subway gunman Bernhard Goetz (1987), The Happy Land Social Club Fire (1991), reputed Gambino crime boss Peter Gotti
(2003), former Bonanno crime boss Joseph Massino (2004) and the so called "Mafia Cops" (2006).
As a result of his coverage
of the Massino trial, Mr. DeStefano has written the book "The Last Godfather: Joseph Massino and The Fall of The Bonanno Crime
Family" (Citadel Press) which is now available in books stores such as Barnes and Nobles and online. In New York City it is
now in the new arrivals desk and appears to be moving quickly Copies can be obtained through the following web retail link:
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Other books by Mr. DeStefano include:
"Gloria Estefan: The Pop Superstar
From Tragedy to Triumph," (Dutton, 1997)
"Latino Folk Medicine: Healing Herbal Traditions from Ancient Remedies,"
(Ballantine Books, 2001)
"Hierbas Buenas," (Random House, 2002), a Spanish translation of "Latino Folk
Medicine." "The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy
Assessed," (Rutgers University Press, August 2007)
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