Mustache Petes were the members of the Sicilian Mafia who had come to New York as adults in the early 1900s. The younger Sicilian-Americans who later formed the Five Families, unlike the old guard Mustache Petes, had made their bones in America. The Mustache Petes' old world ways, such as long mustaches, and old world management style led many of the soldati to resent the Mustache Petes, especially Joe "The Boss" Masseria. Many of the Mustache Petes were killed during the Castellammarese War. The Five Families are the major crime families of the Italian-American Mafia based in New York City which have dominated traditional organized crime in New York. ... A Made man is someone who has been inducted into La Cosa Nostra or the (usually Sicilian) Mafia. ... Joe The Boss Masseria Giuseppe Joe The Boss Masseria (1879–April 15, 1931) was an early Mafia don in the United States. ... The Castellammarese War is the name given to a bloody internal power struggle between two factions of Italian-American mafia figures that took place in 1930 and 1931. ...
Further reading
Raab, Selwyn. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8
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