Friday, November 26, 2010

Holiday discount - 25% off cover price

Save ‎25%
of the cover price of Deep Water's second edition softcover by making your holiday purchase through the Createspace store. You must enter discount code D6WEG757 during checkout.


or point your web browser to https://www.createspace.com/3473160
(This is a limited time offer.)

Monday, November 22, 2010

Signed copies in time for the holidays

The coauthors of Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia are making a limited number of signed second edition (softcover) copies available for online purchase this 2010 holiday season.

Note: As the coauthors reside a considerable distance from each other, it will not be possible to ensure holiday delivery of books signed by BOTH. However, individually signed and personalized copies can be ordered through Nov. 26 for $32.95 each (shipping is included). Use the links below to place your order. Please specify the full name of the book recipient.

Second edition softcover
signed by Thomas Hunt






Second edition softcover
signed by Martha Sheldon






In addition, a very small number of First Edition hardcover and softcover copies can be signed by coauthor Thomas Hunt and shipped in time for the holidays. To ensure availability, mailto:deepwaterbook@gmail.com

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Amazon reduces holiday price for Deep Water


Holiday shoppers: Amazon is now advertising a special low price on Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia (2d edition).

Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American MafiaSet in the Gilded Age of New Orleans, this historical biography conveys J.P. Macheca's epic life story, as it finally sets the record straight on the 1890 assassination of Police Chief David Hennessy and the 1891 Crescent City lynchings. The authors illustrate the deliberate influence of the Democratic "Ring" on the growth of the Mafia criminal society and underline the inextricability of organized politics and organized crime in the period.
List priced at $25.95, the current Amazon sale price is just $18.68 (a savings of $7.27 per copy). Click below to visit Amazon.

Friday, October 15, 2010

120 years ago: Hennessy assassination

October 15, 1890: New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy was shot and mortally wounded near his Girod Street home. Hennessy's assassination sparked a wave of anti-Mafia sentiment that led to the murders of Crescent City businessman J.P. Macheca and ten other men held at Orleans Parish Prison.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Download Second Edition on Scribd

The electronic second edition of Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia is now available for purchase and download through the Scribd.com document-sharing service. Like the Amazon Kindle version, the Scribd download can be purchased for $9.99.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Second Edition paperback hits shelves

The second edition of Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia is now available for sale through the CreateSpace (publisher) store and through Amazon.com..

Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American MafiaSet in the Gilded Age of New Orleans, this historical biography conveys J.P. Macheca's epic life story, as it finally sets the record straight on the 1890 assassination of Police Chief David Hennessy and the 1891 Crescent City lynchings. A longtime street warrior for the corrupt and ruthless New Orleans Democratic machine, Macheca was also the patron of the fledgling American Mafia in southern Louisiana. His underworld connections brought him into conflict with Hennessy and ultimately cost him his life. Macheca and ten other men implicated in Hennessy's assassination were killed while held within Orleans Parish Prison. The incident is remembered as the largest lynching in American history. However, the authors argue that Macheca's life was ended not through the spontaneous rage of a lynch mob but through a calculated act of betrayal by Macheca's former friends and allies.

As Macheca's life story unfolds, Deep Water examines the many momentous events of his time and place, including Civil War, federal occupation, Reconstruction, violent political and racial division. The authors illustrate the deliberate influence of the Democratic "Ring" on the growth of the Mafia criminal society, and they underline the inextricability of organized politics and organized crime in the period.

From the authors: "Since Deep Water was first published in 2007, additional information became available on a number of subjects we felt would be of interest to readers. This information included details of J.P. Macheca's financial, social and personal life, as well as links between the New Orleans Mafia and underworld organizations in Tampa, Dallas, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. The second edition includes these new finds in addition to a foreword by the late Joseph Maselli, an expanded photo section, additional information on New Orleans crimes attributed to the Mafia and an expanded Epilogue."

The list price of this edition in softcover is $25.95.

Deep Water is also now available in the Amazon Kindle electronic format and can be downloaded through the Kindle store at a price of just $9.99.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Second Edition available for Kindle

The second edition of Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia is now available for users of Amazon's Kindle electronic book device. This electronic version of Deep Water has been priced at $9.99. It can be downloaded through the Amazon Kindle store.

A softcover of Deep Water's second edition is due to be released by the end of this month.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Excerpt appears in Mafia history journal

An excerpt from Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia appears in the current (summer 2010) issue of Informer: The Journal of American Mafia History (see cover at left). The excerpt, entitled, "America's First Mafia War," deals with a Reconstruction Era conflict between factions of the Crescent City's Sicilian underworld. The result of the gang warfare was the overthrow of the old Mafia order led by the Agnello family of Palermo and the establishment of a new criminal society that grew to influence communities from the Florida Gulf coast to southern California.

The issue may be purchased online through the MagCloud service. Visit http://informer.magcloud.com/ to preview or purchase.

Deep Water second edition available soon

A revised and expanded second edition of Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia (see cover at left) will be available for sale by the end of August. The book will be appear first in trade paperback. An E-book should follow quickly.

The second edition includes an expanded photo section; additional information on the impact of the early New Orleans Mafia on communities across the American South; further details on Macheca's personal, social, financial and criminal experiences; and a foreword by the late Joseph Maselli.

The release date will be announced here soon.