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Maas, Peter was born on June 27, 1929 in New York City. Son of Carl and Madeleine (Fellheimer) Maas.
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In the waning days of the Cold War, Aldrich Ames cold-bloodedly sent a dozen of the U.S.'s best double agents to their deaths, betraying them to the Soviets for $2 million. Now, America's premier true crime author exposes how the FBI finally caught up with this perfidious traitor after he managed to slip through the CIA's own censors for eight years. Photos.
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Weaving a tangled web of conspiracy and deceit, the sinister Deng, a Hong Kong crime lord posing as a wealthy businessman, plans to transfer the Chinese crime syndicate to the United States with a huge shipment of ""China White"" heroin. By the author of Serpico. 60,000 first printing.
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Frank Serpico could hardly believe his ears. In his job, he was always exposed to danger - to situations which threatened his life. but here in the office of one of his superiors he thought he was safe. He had come with secret information which could vitally affect his work and that of his colleagues. And now, as his superior gazed calmly across at him from his desk, he heard that if he pursued the matter, he could wind up dead - killed by forces in his own organization...
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The incredible pursuit of a CIA agent turned terrorist by New York Times best-selling author Peter Maas. Edwin P. Wilson was the Great Gatsby of the spook world, the rogue CIA agent who had already begun to amass a fortune while still in U.S intelligence. His lavish estate outside Washington, D.C. was a favoured gathering place for senators and congressmen, admirals and generals, for key intelligence officers. In addition, Wilson was also raking in millions in the service of the godfather of world-wide terrorism - Libya's Colonel Muamar el-Qaddafi. Wilson seemed above the law. Then, US attorney Larry Barcella discovered Wilson's sinister machinations, and in a chase that would go on for nearly four years and over three continents, Barcella began a manhunt that would not end until Wilson was brought to justice. In MANHUNT, Peter Maas went behind the headlines, gaining access to the secret documentation of Wilson's intelligence career, classified federal investigative reports and sealed court records. And in the course of his exhaustive research into the murky bypaths of espionage and deception, he turned over rocks that official Washington would have much preferred remained in place.
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The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of New York City. A culture of corruption pervaded the New York Police Department, where payoffs, protection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets and drug dealers were common practice. The so-called blue code of silence protected the minority of crooked cops from the sanction of the majority. Into this maelstrom came a working class, Brooklyn-born, Italian cop with long hair, a beard, and a taste for opera and ballet. Frank Serpico was a man who couldn't be silenced -- or bought -- and he refused to go along with the system. He had sworn an oath to uphold the law, even if the perpetrators happened to be other cops. For this unwavering commitment to justice, Serpico nearly paid with his life.
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Edwin P. Wilson was the Great Gatsby of the spook world, the rogue CIA agent who had already begun to amass a fortune while still in U.S intelligence. His lavish estate outside Washington, D.C. was a favoured gathering place for senators and congressmen, admirals and generals, for key intelligence officers. In addition, Wilson was also raking in millions in the service of the godfather of world-wide terrorism - Libya's Colonel Muamar el-Qaddafi. Wilson seemed above the law. Then, US attorney Larry Barcella discovered Wilson's sinister machinations, and in a chase that would go on for nearly four years and over three continents, Barcella began a manhunt that would not end until Wilson was brought to justice. In MANHUNT, Peter Maas went behind the headlines, gaining access to the secret documentation of Wilson's intelligence career, classified federal investigative reports and sealed court records. And in the course of his exhaustive research into the murky bypaths of espionage and deception, he turned over rocks that official Washington would have much preferred remained in place.
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Marie is the true story of one woman, alone, who risked everything - her reputation, her financial security, and even her life- to challenge a ruthless political machine bent on corrupting the entire state of Tennessee.
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( The First Inside Account of the Mafia In the 1960s a d...)
The First Inside Account of the Mafia In the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crime from the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who "clipped" rivals and turncoats. With a phenomenal memory for names, dates, addresses, phone numbers—and where the bodies were buried—Joe Valachi provided the chilling facts that led to the arrest and conviction of America's major crime figures. The rest is history. Never again would the Mob be protected by secrecy. For the Mafia, Valachi's name would become synonymous with betrayal. But his stunning exposé. broke the back of America's Cosa Nostra and stands today as the classic about America's Mob, a fascinating tale of power and terror, big money, crime ... and murder.
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Maas, Peter was born on June 27, 1929 in New York City. Son of Carl and Madeleine (Fellheimer) Maas.
Bachelor of Arts, Duke U., 1949; postgraduate, The Sorbonne, Paris, 1950.
Maas had Dutch and Irish heritage. He was the biographer of Frank Serpico, a New York City Police officer who testified against police corruption. He is also the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, Underboss, about the life and times of Sammy "The Bulletin" Gravano.
The Valachi Papers, which told the story of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi, is widely considered to be a seminal work, as it spawned an entire genre of books written by or about former Mafiosi.
Peter Maas was married to Audrey Gellen Maas, with whom he adopted a son, John-Michael Maas. Audrey died in 1975. He made a brief cameo as himself in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street.
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1954. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center, Author's Guild.
Married Audrey Gellen, April 4, 1962 (deceased July 1975). 1 child, John-Michael. Married Suzanne Jones, February 1, 1986.
1 child, Terrence.