Mustache Pete

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Mustache Petes were the members of the Sicilian Mafia who had come to New York as adults in the early 1900s. The younger Sicilian-Americans who later formed the Five Families, unlike the old guard Mustache Petes, had made their bones in America. The Mustache Petes' old world ways, such as long mustaches, and old world management style led many of the soldati to resent the Mustache Petes, especially Joe "The Boss" Masseria. Many of the Mustache Petes were killed during the Castellammarese War.

[edit] Further reading

• Raab, Selwyn. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8