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Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dennis N. Griffin, Frank Cullotta
Publisher: Huntington Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 55268
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0929712455
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1092
EAN: 9780929712451
ASIN: 0929712455
Publication Date: July 16, 2007
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Product Description
From burglary to armed robbery and murder, infamous bad guy Frank Cullotta not only did it all, in Cullotta he admits to it -- and in graphic detail. This no-holds-barred biography chronicles the life of a career criminal who started out as a thug on the streets of Chicago and became a trusted lieutenant in Tony Spilotro's gang of organized lawbreakers in Las Vegas. Cullotta's was a world of high-profile heists, street muscle, and information -- lots of it -- about many of the FBI's most wanted. In the end, that information was his ticket out of crime, as he turned government witness and became one of a handful of mob insiders to enter the Witness Protection Program.
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Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness. September 7, 2008
Very good book, very detailed and informative. One of the must have books for the true Mafia fan.....
 Not impressed. August 9, 2008
I feel a bit dissapointed in Mr. Griffins book. Not the subject matter or the story but the way he paints Cullotta as a family man and a down on his luck bad guy gone good. Frank Cullotta is a common criminal who got off lite and was in a major motion picture that he was paid for being in. I am a bit confused as to why a retired lawman would be such a hero worshiper to a punk like Cullotta. This could have been a better book and I must disagree with the five star reviewers many of whom's opinion I respect and generally agree with. I guess this time we will just have to agree to disagree.
An author to follow August 4, 2008
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Denny Griffin is one of those author's whose works you want to follow. Keep writing, Denny! Rita Schiano, author of Painting the Invisible Man
Another great read by Dennis Griffin June 22, 2008
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Another well-written, factual and informative book by Dennis Griffin.
This book details the life and crimes of Frank Cullotta before he became an informant and briefly covers his life after the witness protection program. It covers in depth the friendship between Tony Spilotro and Cullotta from their early days as juveniles on the streets of Chicago to the glitter of Vegas.
The chapter on Bertha's was particularly engaging, where the robbery is first covered by the FBI/Metro's version of events and in the preceding section; Cullotta gives his account of the robbery before and after arrest.
Cullotta makes the distinction between his role as informant to that of `rat' Sal Romano, as entirely different situations. His was a matter of self-preservation, while Romano's was to purposely set out and trap unsuspecting mobsters. It is Frank's belief that they would have got away with the robbery at Bertha's, were it not for Romano.
While I don't condone crime, I couldn't help but feel relieved when Cullotta makes it out alive after becoming a government witness and now leads a relatively normal existence in an undisclosed location.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in true crime, particularly in Las Vegas.
Culotta - Wouldn't want to run into this guy in a dark alley! March 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An absolute great read! Mr. Griffin gets right to the point with his painstaking research in this book. Anyone would have to be afraid of a guy who would whack you if you looked at him wrong. A can't miss buy!!
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