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Lord High Executioner

The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia

by Frank DiMatteo
Michael Benson
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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 and co-author 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 . . .

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    May 26, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9780806540153

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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      April 24, 2020

      Dimatteo (The President Street Boys) and Benson (Betrayal in Blood) tell the story of Albert Anastasia (1902-57), one of the founders of the modern American Mafia and Murder, Inc., an organized crime gang of hit men in New York City. The authors promise "never-before-revealed" facts about the man nicknamed the Lord High Executioner and the Mat Hatter, stories that apparently come from Dimatteo's personal family connections. Dimatteo and Benson do deliver, albeit roughly. The writing is unpolished, and the book relies heavily on page after page of invented dialog, and there is no source material cited. While the information may be new to readers, there are more readable accounts of Murder, Inc.'s crimes, such as Burton B. Turkus's classic Murder, Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate. Readers do gain insight into this sociopath's life, death, and many, many crimes, but it's a tough read. VERDICT This title will please Mafia fans looking for gruesome details, but collections that already have robust Mob material should skip.--Amelia Osterud, Milwaukee P.L.

      Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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