This history traces the rise of organized crime in Tampa, following the city’s underworld through bootlegging, gambling, corruption, and the long shadow of the Trafficante name. Scott M. Deitche keeps the focus local without ever making the story feel small, showing how Ybor City, Havana, and Florida politics became tightly entangled.
For readers interested in regional history, true crime, or the machinery behind criminal power, this is a grounded look at how one city’s vice economy grew into something far larger.
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