**The bloodsoaked 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 barber shop 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 . . .
