His name was Giuseppe Morello. • He came to New York City in 1892 from Corleone, the town in western Sicily whose name Mario Puzo borrowed to create literature’s most famous Mafioso. • A half-century ...

Giuseppe Morello is almost entirely unknown today, but Mike Dash's vivid account of his life and crimes leaves no doubt that this would be a far different country -- and in all likelihood a far better ...

He was born Jan. 1, 1926 in Melilli Sicily, son of the late Sebastiano and Carmela (Vinci) Morello. Besides his wife he is survived by two sons and daughter-in-laws, Sebastiano and Silvia Morello of ...