{"product_id":"lord-high-executioner-the-legendary-mafia-boss-albert-anastasia-9780806540146","title":"Lord High Executioner: The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frank Dimatteo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Citadel Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Citadel Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Organized Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 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 created the American Mafia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe blood-soaked saga of the Murder, Inc., legend who helped create the modern American Mafia--one body at a time--featuring shocking eyewitness accounts... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUmberto \"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 during 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey 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...","brand":"Citadel Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45035850072215,"sku":"9780806540146","price":1403.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780806540146.webp?v=1769212360","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/lord-high-executioner-the-legendary-mafia-boss-albert-anastasia-9780806540146","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}