We Do What We Must: Blood, Wine, and the Birth of the American Mafia in New Orleans

An immigrant Sicilian family triumphs over The Mafia in turn of the century New Orleans, just not in the way they'd planned.

• WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2022 - Best Historical Fiction

This fictionalized tale recounts the story of the true life Giacona family, who emigrated from Sicily to New Orleans in the 1890s. They came to the US to escape the influence of The Mafia, only to be confronted by the same challenges in the New World.

Pietro and Corrado, father and son, do wha...