Description
| Product ID: | 9780806540146 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Lord High Executioner |
| Subtitle: | The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia |
| Authors: | Author: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | True crime, True crime |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From acclaimed true-crime author Michael Benson and real-life "Mafia Survivor" Frank Dimatteo, the gripping account of the life and crimes of the most infamous mafia boss of all time: Albert Anastasia, the man whose name is synonymous with Murder, Inc., and whose actions helped create the American Mafia. The blood-soaked saga of the Murder, Inc. legend who helped create the modern American Mafia--one body at a time--featuring shocking eyewitness accounts... Umberto "Albert" Anastasia was born in Italy at the turn of the century. Five decades later, he would be gunned down in a barbershop in New York City. What happened in the years in between--and why every crime family had reason to want him dead--is one of the most brutal and fascinating stories in the history of American organized crime. This in-depth account of the man who became one of the most powerful and homicidal crime bosses of the twentieth century from Mafia insider Frank Dimatteo is the first full-length book to chronicle Anastasia''s bloody rise from fresh-off-the-boat immigrant to founder of the notorious killer''s club Murder, Inc.--featuring never-before-told accounts from those who feared him most... They called him "The One Man Army." "Mad Hatter." "Lord High Executioner." Albert Anastasia came to America mean and became a prolific killer. His merciless assassination of Mafia godfather Vincent Mangano is recounted here in chilling first-hand detail. He set the record: the first man in the history of American justice to be charged with four separate murders--and walk free after each one. But in the end, he was the last obstacle in rival Mafia hoodlum Vito Genovese''s dream of becoming the boss of bosses--and paid the ultimate price... |
| Imprint Name: | Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Publisher Name: | Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-04-27 |
