The Secret Casino at Red Men’S Hall

The Secret Casino at Red Men’S Hall
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 514
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ISBN-13 : 9781491718445
ISBN-10 : 1491718447
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Book Synopsis The Secret Casino at Red Men’S Hall by : Samuel W. Valenza Jr.

Download or read book The Secret Casino at Red Men’S Hall written by Samuel W. Valenza Jr. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sleepy town of Mt. Holly, New Jersey, was more than it seemed. In the unsettled years following the Great Depression, it hosted the Secret Casino at Red Mens Hall, an underground playground that attracted Mafia bosses and players alike. Under the watchful and protective eye of author Samuel Valenza Jr.s father, the casino was a thriving den for craps, roulette, poker, and slots players. The continuing cooperation of local law enforcement was assured each Saturday morning, when Officer Bucky Squires made his pickup of payoff money held for him in Moms icebox. Growing up in this environment, the authors young life was scarred with violence, fear, hunger, betrayal, and homelessness, while his father enjoyed the high life with his powerful gangster associates. The author was just six years old when Frank Paulie Carbo, a prolific Murder, Inc. assassin, raided the casino and slaughtered his uncle, the casino handyman and goferas a warning. The murder was the beginning of the end at Red Mens Hall, which fell under intense scrutiny from the authorities. Using the narrative style of a crime novel, Valenza recalls the intimate and often dangerous days of a life lived in the shadow of the Mafia.


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