01907cam a2200349 i 4500 1856088989 TxAuBib 20240422120000.0 240422s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023022717 9780063234673 hardcover 006323467X hardcover (OCoLC)1388362436 NjBwBT eng FFL rda FFL IH9 LMJ ACN JAS JQW UOK TxAuBib rda Birkbeck, Matt, author. The life we chose : William "Big Billy" D'Elia and the last secrets of America's most powerful mafia family / Matt Birkbeck. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] ©2023. x, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Pittston -- Russell -- Initiation -- Learning the ropes -- The league -- Gold Coast -- Deportation -- Good for everybody -- The box -- In, out, and in again -- The fixer -- Moving on -- Tookie -- Coming home -- Making do -- The wild, wild west -- The end of an era -- The boss -- Frank -- The beginning of the end -- Take it to the grave. An investigative journalist takes readers deep inside the inner workings of the mob from the perspective of William "Big Billy" D'Elia, the "adopted son" of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino who was a witness and participant to major historical events that have stymied law enforcement to this day. 20240422. cdpc522. D'Elia, William. Bufalino, Russell 1903-1994. Mafia United States Biography. Biographies.