Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob by Russell Shorto

Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob

Russell Shorto

272 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a city "in its brawny postwar prime," is where "Little Joe" Regino and Russ Shorto build a local gambling empire on the earnings of factory workers for whom placing a bet--on a horse or pool game, pinball or "tip seal"--is...

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Moods

informative 77%
reflective 66%
dark 44%
emotional 33%
funny 22%
mysterious 22%
adventurous 11%
challenging 11%
hopeful 11%
sad 11%

Pace

medium 55%
slow 33%
fast 11%

Average rating

3.75

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