The Big Heist (eBook)

The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder

Anthony M. DeStefano (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
352 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-3831-0 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A comprehensive account of the legendary 1978 heist . . . impressive."e;-Publishers Weekly The crime that inspired the movie Goodfellas.The rest of story that couldn't be told-until now. One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stuff of Mafia legend-and a decades-long investigation that continues to this day. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony DeStefano sheds new light on this legendary unsolved case using recent evidence from the 2015 trial of eighty-year-old mafioso Vincent Asaro, who for the first time speaks out on his role in the fateful Lufthansa heist. This blistering you-are-there account takes you behind the headlines and inside the ranks of America's infamous Mafia families-with never-before-told stories, late-breaking news, and bombshell revelations: Praise for ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO and His Acclaimed Books "e;Thrilling American crime writing."e;-Jimmy Breslin, author of The Good Rat and winner of the Pulitzer Prize "e;DeStefano is a master at cutting through the secrecy of the Mafia hierarchy."e;-Publishers Weekly "e;The best and last word on the subject . . . DeStefano brings the story to life."e;-Jerry Capeci, creator of GangLandNews.com

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Schlagworte: Accomplices • autobiographies • Autobiography • Biographies • biographies of famous people • Biography • Bonanno • bonnano family • cartel • Cold Cases • conspiracy • Crime • crime books • criminal justice • Criminal psychology • Death • famous heists • famous robberies • FBI • FBI Informant • Five Families • Gangs • Gangster • gaspare valenti • goodfellas • Heist • henry hill • Inside Job • james burke • JFK Airport • jimmy the gent • John Gotti • Law and Order • Lower East Side • lucchese • Lucchese Family • Lufthansa • Mafia • mafia books • mafia executions • Mafia History • mafia murders • mafia true crime • mafioso • mob families • mob hit • mobsters • mob stories • Murder • New York • New York City • new york crime • new York crime families • new york history • new York mob • NYPD • Organized Crime • Prison • racketeering • True Crime • true crime books • true crime heists • true crime reporting • True stories • True story • unsolved crimes • wearing a wire • wire tapped • Wiseguys
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-3831-7 / 0806538317
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-3831-0 / 9780806538310