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Vito Genovese may have single-handedly done more damage to the Mafia than any other mobster. Taking a cue from my good friend over at Friends of Ours , who did this on the appropriate date, I am posting, for posterity's sake, the New York Daily News's original 1957 article on Appalachin.  The Friends of Ours blogger , Philip Crawford Jr., has an excellent book available now: The Mafia and the Gays . It is an historical analysis of the Mafia's control of gay bars in major U.S. cities, including New York and Chicago. The unjust illegality of such establishments essentially green-lighted the Mafia to come in and cater to that demand.

The Mafia and the Gays by Phillip Crawford Jr., the Friends of Ours blogger , is available at Amazon either as a Kindle e-book for $2.99 or a trade paperback for $9.95. The Friends of Our blog is a must-read for anyone interested in crime -- it offers a comprehensive focus on criminal activity impacting America, including but not limited to traditional organized crime, including the various Mafia grows that expanded beyond Italy. Since 2009, Philip has blogged about organized crime at Friends of Ours . He is the leading authority on the Mafia's historical role in gay bars and has been cited as a major resource in numerous books, foremost among them Alex Horts's The Mob and the City and John Strausbaugh's The Village.