Reviews for A Time Before New Hampshire: The Story of a Land and Native Peoples

The average rating for A Time Before New Hampshire: The Story of a Land and Native Peoples based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-02-24 00:00:00 Andrew Davis "Then comes a 'major meeting' attended by Ganci and Joe Lamberti, Amato and Bonventre, Castronovo, Mazzurco, Ligammarie, Frank Pollizi . . . ." Hey Rocko! Give me a break already!! There's lots to admire in *The Pizza Connection.* Mainly, the workings of crime family armies from Sicily and the dynamics of high level trial lawyering. The story is told with style, wit and pithy soundbytes. The problem is the author is like the college professor who has to tell you everything he knows. The burden of literally dozens of lawyers and defendants, not to mention witnesses, jurors, and so forth, kills the momentum and has a numbing effect. "Ganci, Bono, LaMattina, Zito, Baldinucci, Filippo Salamone, Soresi, Vito Roberto Palazzolo and somebody in Sam Evola's family. . . ."

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-30 00:00:00 Todd Selander Ms. Alexander gives an accurate portrayal of Uncle Pat, one of the more than 20 defense attorneys for this Mafia "megatrial." This balanced examination of the man lends credence to her work as a whole. Also, readers should pay attention to the description of Uncle Pat's summation for the Gaetano Badalamenti defendants (pages 341 to 350). I buy it. Interesting Sidenote: the prosecution of the case was overseen by then U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani on the eve of his first and unsuccessful run for mayor, and tried in large part by Louis Freeh, future head of the FBI.