Books like Mobsters in Our Midst: The Kansas City Crime Family

After reading The Mafia and the Machine by Frank Hayde, I was anxious to continue learning about the Kansas City mafia and found this title to be a good follow-up. Mobsters in Our Midst provides a more in-depth look at a particular era within the Kansas City mob, giving detailed information about the Civella crime family's reign from the middle to end of the 20th century. Like The Mafia and the Machine, this book's inclusion of photos and street addresses was a highlight for me, really bringing the history to life. But the chronology and vast cast of characters of Mobsters in Our Midst was at times hard to keep straight. Nevertheless, for someone with an interest in local history, this book provides a great deal of insight about the dealings, violence, legal surveillance, and surprising "everyday-ness" of organized crime in the Midwest.