J. Michael Niotta: J. Michael Niotta. Self: Dope Men: America's First Drug Cartel. J. Michael Niotta, PhD is an Italian-American writer, organized crime expert, TV personality, and president of the El Rey Beer Club. The great grandson and biographer of Los Angeles Mafia Don Jack Dragna-"perhaps the only classic 'Godfather' the city has ever known (LA Times)"-has authored 4 nonfiction titles and delivered programs for the Las Vegas Mob Museum, the Adventurers Club...
Known For: Dope Men: America's First Drug Cartel (Historian, Author - Self), American Mafia: The Rise and Fall of Organized Crime (Self - Author, Crime Historian), Privileged Deceit (Self - Historian - Author), Mission Declassified (Self - Early Los Angeles Crime Historian)