Author Mario Puzo is best-known as the author of The Godfather , the novel that cemented the mafia's place in popular culture. Publication of The Godfather was a turning point in Puzo's career, and The Godfather and its film adaptations inspired and influenced stories about organized crime for years to come, from Goodfellas to The Sopranos. Recently a collection of Puzo's papers were donated to Dartmouth College. The collection was a gift from Diana and Bruce Rauner of Chicago. Some of these letters and manuscripts are now on display at the Dartmouth College Library. NHPR's Peter Biello spoke with Jay Satterfield, Dartmouth's head of special collections, about Puzo's papers. So tell us what we’re looking at here. Well, this first case has materials related to Mario Puzo’s early career, when he was a struggling writer, found himself in debt trying to raise a family, and he sat down with the determination to write a best-seller. The result was The Godfather –something that he consciously