Sam Drago

Sam Drago

Salvatore Drago(1917-2005) a.k.a. "Silent Sam" is a fictional character from The Godfather's Revenge a novel by Mark Winegardner written in 2006 which is based on Mario Puzo's The Godfather and is a sequel to Winegardner's former novel The Godfather Returns.

He plays a supporting role in the novel, The Godfather's Revenge in which Silent Sam was the don of the Tampa syndicate. He was also Don of Florida from 1954 onward in the same novel.

According to Winegardner Salvatore studied to become a painter in Italy. His father, Vittorio Drago, was the Don of the Florida syndicate. Salvatore, like Michael Corleone, was reluctant to join his father's business. After Benito Mussolini came to power in the 1940s and appointed Cesare Mori as commisioner of Sicily whom in turn conducted serious purges of the mafia which nearly led to its extinction; Salvatore was compelled to join the Family business in order to help his father.

By 1954, the same year Michael Corleone became Don in Puzo's novel, Sam Drago became the don of the Florida syndicate. Under him, there were rarely any arguments at between rival Families and peace was maintained through Tampa. He vouched for Carlo Tramonti, largely based on Carlos Marcello and Tampa mob boss Santo Trafficante, as having been friends with him for a long time.


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