John (Junior) Gotti the son of late mafia boss John Gotti has released his tell all book Shadow of My Father . The book gives a look into how it was growing up as the son of a mob boss and a peek inside the world of one of the most notorious mafia families of the American Mafia. The feds tried throwing the book at Junior multiple times but now he is releasing his. It is being released in e-book format and solid reviews are already showing up so it may prove to be one of best mafia books so far.

In the book Junior tells stories about his dad and their family including some interesting looks into how Gotti Sr. taught him some life lessons. Here is a quote from the book from his father about a fight Junior got into at school, he writes that his father told him: “Good. Anybody bad-mouths your family, or picks his hands up to you, you leave him there. If they’re too big for you, pick up a bat or a stick and hit them in the head with it.”

“Gotti Sr and Junior 1989”

He also gives a look back into the death of his then twelve year old brother Frankie. He also talks about John Favara who was the neighbor who accidentally killed Frankie and his disappearance and possibility of his fathers involvement. He also talks about former mobsters Vincent “Chin” Gigante and his former Gambino mob pal John Alite.

In one part of the book he gives a pretty detailed description of the actual ceremony in which he became a made man in. He explains how capos of theattended but his father did not wanting to make it known no nepotism was to be shown. He details the process of becoming a made man in thefrom beginning to end.

Shadow of My Father also contains quite a few never seen before family photo’s of the Gotti family dating back all way to Gotti Sr’s heyday. With out a doubt one of the more interest books on the mafia to be released of late so be sure to grab a copy here of Shadow of My Father .