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It has another, darker economy, one that dates back to the 1950s. The population has varied over the years between eight and nine thousand and is largely an agricultural based economy relying on corn, grapes and olives, as well as cattle breeding.
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San Giuseppe Jato, variously described as a village, a town or a commune, sits under the Jato Mountain in the Belice River Valley, about 30 kilometers west of Palermo City. While he was never royalty, thirty-nine years after his birth, Baldassare would need plenty of protection, and in the process, maybe his actions would change the history of the Sicilian Mafia, forever. Only five have been registered in the USA since 1924. Of Assyrian origin, the name translates roughly into English as ‘Lord Protect the King.' It is one of the most original of given names outside of Italy. His parents (his father Andrea, a shepherd who was also a Mafioso) christened the baby Baldassare. Here, forty years after Joe came into the world, another Di Maggio opened his eyes for the first time. The way they drive in Sicily, it's about thirty-five minutes by car, south to the inland town of San Giuseppe Jato in Palermo Province. Joe's father, also Giuseppe, had been born and grew up in a seaside fishing village, Isola delle Femmin, on the north-west coast of the island. Prior to his birth in 1914, his parents had emigrated from Sicily to America sometime in 1898, travelling to California and finally, settling in North Beach, San Francisco. ‘Joltin Joe,' or as he was at times referred to, ‘The Yankee Clipper,' who was an All-Star and three times MVP (Most Valuable Player) is recalled as one of the greatest baseball players ever. I'm guessing a lot of Americans, especially those in their ‘golden years,' will remember Joe Di Maggio the famous Number 5 of The New York Yankees. Men of Honor as they call themselves, demand respect, which channels itself into power that creates the wealth which is really what it is all about. As a subculture, it has produced a commonwealth of evil criminals bound together by a common desire-power, money and respect. It's been around in one form or another, for perhaps hundreds of years. In less than a lifetime, everyone knows about it. Italy discovered it when Leonardo Sciascia published his book, The Day of the Owl, in 1961. Sicily knew about it, but even then, to the average citizen, it was some, strange, intangible thing. In 1950 the Mafia did not exist, publicly that is.
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