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...
