Allan May addressed a November lunch of the Youngstown Press Club on Nov. 14 at Tyler History Center. speaking on "Musings on the Mob and the Mahoning Valley" and signing his books on Mahoning Valley organized crime.
May is an authority on the history of organized crime in the United States and has a personal library of more than 800 books on the subject. May's earlier works are Mob Stories (2001) and Gangland Gotham (2009). Recent publications include Welcome to the Jungle Inn (2011), Crimetown U.S.A 2013), The Sly-Fanner Murders (2014), and the newly released Petro.
May got his start with Jerry Capeci, the dean of mob writers, at Capeci’s “Gangland News” website. He was the main organized crime writer for Court TV’s website CrimeLibrary.com in the early 2000s, and was one of the main contributors to both AmericanMafia.com and CrimeMagazine.com. He has taught several courses on organized crime at Cuyahoga Community College and lectures at libraries throughout Northeast Ohio. He has appeared in documentaries and has been interviewed on both radio and television.
May is an authority on the history of organized crime in the United States and has a personal library of more than 800 books on the subject. May's earlier works are Mob Stories (2001) and Gangland Gotham (2009). Recent publications include Welcome to the Jungle Inn (2011), Crimetown U.S.A 2013), The Sly-Fanner Murders (2014), and the newly released Petro.
May got his start with Jerry Capeci, the dean of mob writers, at Capeci’s “Gangland News” website. He was the main organized crime writer for Court TV’s website CrimeLibrary.com in the early 2000s, and was one of the main contributors to both AmericanMafia.com and CrimeMagazine.com. He has taught several courses on organized crime at Cuyahoga Community College and lectures at libraries throughout Northeast Ohio. He has appeared in documentaries and has been interviewed on both radio and television.