The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption

The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
by Bob Ingle, Sandy McClure

The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
List Price: $24.95
Our Price: $14.48
You Save: $10.47 (42%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $11.25 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


(Click here)
Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Bob Ingle, Sandy McClure
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-02-19
ISBN: 0312368941
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Book Reviews of The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption

Book Review: Where have all the honest politicians gone?
Summary: 5 Stars

According to this well written and documented book the elected have not ever been to New Jersey! It is not only amazing but downright disheartening to read all the unbelievable events that have gone on for years by both parties in all parts of the state. No wonder so many people leave this beautiful place. They can't afford it. What really makes you mad is that there is little hope for future change. This book will make your blood really boil!!

Summary of The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption

The Soprano State details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, to a governor who suddenly declares himself a “gay American” and resigns, the Garden State might indeed be better named after the HBO mobsters.



Where else would:



- A state attorney general show up after police pulled over her boyfriend who was driving without a valid license?



- A state senator and mayor of Newark (the same guy) spend thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ money on a junket to Rio days before leaving office?



- A politically connected developer hire a prostitute to tape sex acts with his own brother-in-law and then send the tape to his sister?



Only in the Soprano State.

General Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in General Books
Rediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History ImageRediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History
by Newt Gingrich
Thomas Nelson; Published: 2006-10-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.74
Price in other shops: $14.99
Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives ImageFinal Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
by Jim Sheeler
Penguin Press HC, The; Published: 2008-05-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.04
Price in other shops: $25.95
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America ImageNixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
by Rick Perlstein
Scribner; Published: 2008-05-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $21.25
Price in other shops: $37.50
People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) ImagePeople's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
by Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2005-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.42
Price in other shops: $18.95
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II ImageSlavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon
Doubleday; Published: 2008-03-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.99
Price in other shops: $29.95
The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America ImageThe Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
by Thurston Clarke
Henry Holt and Co.; Published: 2008-05-27; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.75
Price in other shops: $25.00
How the States Got Their Shapes ImageHow the States Got Their Shapes
by Mark Stein
Collins; Published: 2008-06-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.87
Price in other shops: $22.95
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century ImageThe World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
Picador; Published: 2007-08-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.85
Price in other shops: $16.00
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals ImageThe Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
by Jane Mayer
Doubleday; Published: 2008-07-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.50
Price in other shops: $27.50
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War ImageOne Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
by Michael Dobbs
Knopf; Published: 2008-06-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.00
Price in other shops: $28.95
Similar Books and other products
McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (Borzoi Books) ImageMcMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (Borzoi Books)
by Misha Glenny
Knopf; Published: 2008-04-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.99
Price in other shops: $27.95
The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality ImageThe Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality
by Jerome R Corsi
Threshold Pr; Published: 2008-08-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.18
Price in other shops: $28.00
Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It ImageFleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It
by Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann
Harper; Published: 2008-07-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.49
Price in other shops: $26.95
True Crime: New Jersey ImageTrue Crime: New Jersey
by Patricia A. Martinelli
Stackpole Books; Published: 2007-09-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops: $9.95
Audition: A Memoir ImageAudition: A Memoir
by Barbara Walters
Knopf; Published: 2008-05-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.95
Price in other shops: $29.95
Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob ImageCovert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob
by Bob Delaney, Dave Scheiber
Union Square Press; Published: 2008-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.93
Price in other shops: $19.95
The Good Rat: A True Story ImageThe Good Rat: A True Story
by Jimmy Breslin
Ecco; Published: 2008-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.46
Price in other shops: $24.95
The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds ImageThe Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds
by Robert Rudolph
Rutgers University Press; Published: 1995-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.71
Price in other shops: $21.95
Putting Taxpayers First ImagePutting Taxpayers First
by Steve Lonegan
Kudzu Media; Published: 2007-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.16
Price in other shops: $23.95
Notorious New Jersey: 100 True Tales of Murders and Mobsters, Scandals and Scoundrels ImageNotorious New Jersey: 100 True Tales of Murders and Mobsters, Scandals and Scoundrels
by Jon Blackwell
Rivergate Books; Published: 2007-12-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.75
Price in other shops: $18.95
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories