Vendetta: The True Story of the Largest Lynching in U.S. History Volume 22Paperback, 6 January 2000

Eleven Italian Americans were lynched in New Orleans on March 14, 1891. The lynching caused a crisis between the President and the Congress of the United States, between Washington and Rome. It also introduced a sinister word to America: Mafia. This book has become a HBO film starring Christopher Walken.