John H. Davis (author)
| John H. Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Hagy Davis June 14, 1929 Manhattan, New York |
| Died | January 29, 2012 (aged 82) Manhattan, New York |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University Columbia University |
| Subject |
Kennedy family Mafia |
| Notable works | Jacqueline Bouvier: An Intimate Memoir |
| Relatives |
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (maternal cousin) Lee Radziwill (maternal cousin) |
John Hagy Davis (June 14, 1929 – January 29, 2012) was an American author who wrote several books on the Mafia.
Davis was the son of stockbroker John Ethelbert Davis and Maude Reppelin Bouvier, younger sister of John Vernou Bouvier III and therefore first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill.
Davis was a 1951 graduate of Princeton University as well as Columbia University. While serving in the United States Navy during the 1950s, he was officer with the Sixth Fleet stationed in Naples, Italy. Davis said that he was required to "deal with the mafia hoods who controlled the ports" as part of his duties as shore patrol and legal officer. He stated that during his time there he became interested in the history of Italy and studied the history of the mafia. After the Navy, Davis studied at the Italian Institute for Historical Studies in Naples, and directed a cultural center in southern Italy.
Davis is the author of several books about notable American families such as the Bouviers, the Guggenheims and the Kennedys.
In 1989, the New American Library published Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy in which Davis implicated the mafia and Carlos Marcello in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. According to Davis Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby had "strong ties" to Marcello, and that an Oswald imposter visited the Russian embassies in Cuba and Mexico.
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