Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode, we have a captivating interview with Jack Amato, the author of “A Father’s Belief,” a book about his life in Sicily and his journey to the United States. Jack shares his experiences growing up in the fishing town of Carini and the matchmaking that led his family to immigrate to the US. He discusses his father’s work as a fisherman and the challenges they faced in their hometown. Moving on to his life in the United States, Jack talks about his early years in school and the language barriers he had to overcome as an immigrant. He also touches upon the presence of the Mafia in Sicily and the admiration for the Mafia folk hero Salvatore Giuliano. The episode concludes with a preview of the upcoming second part of the interview, where Jack will delve deeper into his experiences in the US, including his interactions with influential figures from the Bonanno family. Listeners are reminded to pay attention to motorcycles on the streets and provided with resources for PTSD and addiction support.
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[0:00] Welcome, all you wiretappers out there. Good to be back here in the studio.
Gangland Wire, you know, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins here.
And I have a really interesting, different sort of an interview.
We’ve got a man from Sicily. I started noticing this man on our podcast page.
Gangland Wire podcast was posting and he has a book that he’s written and it tells about his life, you know, both in Sicily and when he came over And when he came over, his family ended up, you know, getting jobs and being around some of the Bonanno families.
So he has a lot of experiences with this from, shall we say, from the, not really from the associate side, not even associate, more like from just somebody that lived in the neighborhood and people that had to do business with mob guys and with his roots in Sicily.
So his name is Jack Amato. So welcome, Jack.
[0:57] Thank you for getting me to your show. All right.
You invited me to your show. Well, I’m really anxious to have you.
Now, A Father’s Belief, part one, that’s the name of your book, correct? Yes, yes.
All right, and you can get that on Amazon, I believe, can’t you? Yes.
All right, good. We’ll have links to how you click on to get that book, and in the YouTube version, I’ll have a picture of it whenever we talk about it.
Every once in a while, we’ll have a picture of it So people will know what it looks like.
And then going to gangland, why our Facebook group and Jack post quite a little bit.
And he’ll post a little bit about his book every once in a while and have a link to it and tell some stories from from his childhood and growing up in New York City.
[1:41] But first of all, Jack, we just talked a little bit.
And you have a really fascinating back story in Sicily before you got to the United States. So tell me a little bit about it.
Tell the guys here a little bit about, you know, where you came from, What area was that in Sicily and what was life like over there?
I was born in Carini, Sicily, province of Palermo.
Life in Carini, Sicily and the Fishing Trade
[2:03] The location of the town, it was on the hill.
And then there was the mountains surrounded and the sea.
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Subscribe to get new gangster stories every week.
Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwireClick here to “buy me a cup of coffee”
To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here
To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here.
To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here
To buy my Kindle book, Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How FBI Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos.
To subscribe on iTunes click here. Please give me a review and help others find the podcast.
Donate to the podcast. Click here!
Transcript
[0:00] Welcome, all you wiretappers out there. Good to be back here in the studio.
Gangland Wire, you know, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins here.
And I have a really interesting, different sort of an interview.
We’ve got a man from Sicily. I started noticing this man on our podcast page.
Gangland Wire podcast was posting and he has a book that he’s written and it tells about his life, you know, both in Sicily and when he came over And when he came over, his family ended up, you know, getting jobs and being around some of the Bonanno families.
So he has a lot of experiences with this from, shall we say, from the, not really from the associate side, not even associate, more like from just somebody that lived in the neighborhood and people that had to do business with mob guys and with his roots in Sicily.
So his name is Jack Amato. So welcome, Jack.
[0:57] Thank you for getting me to your show. All right.
You invited me to your show. Well, I’m really anxious to have you.
Now, A Father’s Belief, part one, that’s the name of your book, correct? Yes, yes.
All right, and you can get that on Amazon, I believe, can’t you? Yes.
All right, good. We’ll have links to how you click on to get that book, and in the YouTube version, I’ll have a picture of it whenever we talk about it.
Every once in a while, we’ll have a picture of it So people will know what it looks like.
And then going to gangland, why our Facebook group and Jack post quite a little bit.
And he’ll post a little bit about his book every once in a while and have a link to it and tell some stories from from his childhood and growing up in New York City.
[1:41] But first of all, Jack, we just talked a little bit.
And you have a really fascinating back story in Sicily before you got to the United States. So tell me a little bit about it.
Tell the guys here a little bit about, you know, where you came from, What area was that in Sicily and what was life like over there?
I was born in Carini, Sicily, province of Palermo.
Life in Carini, Sicily and the Fishing Trade
[2:03] The location of the town, it was on the hill.
And then there was the mountains surrounded and the sea.
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