John H. Davis (author)
Encyclopedia
John H. Davis is an American
author who wrote several books on the Mafia
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. He also studied in Italy and served as a naval officer with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. As a grandson of John Vernou Bouvier Jr., he is a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author who wrote several books on the Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
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Biography
Davis is a graduate of Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. He also studied in Italy and served as a naval officer with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. As a grandson of John Vernou Bouvier Jr., he is a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Five years later she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle...
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Published works
- (1969) The Bouviers: Portrait of an American family
- (1989) Mafia Kingfish: Carlos MarcelloCarlos MarcelloCarlos "The Little Man" Marcello was a Sicilian-American mafioso who became the boss of the New Orleans crime family during the 1940s and held this position for the next 30 years.-Early life:...
and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy - (1993) Kennedy Contract: The Mafia Plot to Assassinate the President
- (1993) The KennedysKennedy familyIn the United States, the phrase Kennedy family commonly refers to the family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald that was prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the...
: Dynasty and Disaster - (1994) The GuggenheimsGuggenheim familyThe Guggenheim family is an American family, of Swiss Jewish ancestry. Beginning with Meyer Guggenheim, who arrived in America in 1847, the family were known for their global successes in mining and smelting . During the 19th century, the family possessed one of the largest fortunes in the world...
: An America Epic - (1994) Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino FamilyGambino crime familyThe Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
- (1998) Jacqueline Bouvier: An Intimate Memoir