{"product_id":"made-on-long-island-the-true-story-of-how-little-league-baseball-players-met-john-gotti-through-massive-fireworks-sales-and-became-cosa-nostra-members-that-killed-boss-of-all-bosses-carmine-galante","title":"Made On long Island: The true story of how Little League baseball players met John Gotti through massive fireworks sales and became Cosa Nostra members that killed Boss of all Bosses Carmine Galante.","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs featured on Gary Jenkins' Gangland Wire podcast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“There’s a lot here that people haven’t heard before.” — Gary Jenkins, Gangland Wire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor decades, the story of who killed Carmine Galante has been treated as settled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt isn’t.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn July 1979, one of the most powerful bosses in American organised crime was shot dead in a Brooklyn restaurant. The official version of events has been repeated ever since — in books, documentaries, and courtrooms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecent events have allowed the author to come forward with new, first-hand testimony that directly challenges the accepted account.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade on Long Island presents an insider account of the Galante killing, based on direct knowledge and first-hand testimony from those connected to the events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt begins in an unexpected place:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong Island.\u003cbr\u003eLittle League Baseball.\u003cbr\u003eTeenagers selling illegal fireworks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat follows brings them into contact with figures operating at the highest levels of organised crime — during the rise of John Gotti and a critical shift in power across New York’s Five Families.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a world where:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eordinary conversations carried hidden meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003esimple signals could determine outcomes in an instant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand plans could change without warning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncluding the moment when what was meant to be a rehearsal… became something else entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on first-hand accounts, Made on Long Island re-examines the Galante case and challenges the accepted narrative — including what really happened in the aftermath of the hit, and what the Ravenite Social Club footage does (and does not) show.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs renewed attention turns to the case, the question remains:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat really happened that day — and why has the full story never been told?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45916873130175,"sku":"413b61a1-9f00-494f-bddf-252414645af2","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/82a87d525ed105c38db1c1113689930f.jpg?v=1785092719","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/made-on-long-island-the-true-story-of-how-little-league-baseball-players-met-john-gotti-through-massive-fireworks-sales-and-became-cosa-nostra-members-that-killed-boss-of-all-bosses-carmine-galante","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}