Top Hoodlum (eBook)

Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia

Anthony M. DeStefano (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
352 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-3871-6 (ISBN)

Infos

BOTH FRANK COSTELLO AND VITO GENOVESE FEATURE AS MAIN CHARACTERS PLAYED BY ROBERT DE NIRO IN THE 2025 FILMTHE ALTO KNIGHTS, WRITTEN BY NICHOLAS PILEGGI AND DIRECTED BY BARRY LEVINSON From Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anthony DeStefano, Top Hoodlum is the definitive book on the man who defined the Mafia as we know it: Frank The Prime Minister Costello. From a dirt poor childhood in southern Italy, Costello rose through the ranks of New Yorks Mafia and became its most public face, even becoming the inspiration for The Godfathers Don Corleone. Now with new FBI revelations, eyewitness accounts, family mementos, and never-before-published material, Top Hoodlum takes readers inside the life of the preeminent mob boss of the 20th Century. The press nicknamed him The Prime Minister of the Underworld. The U.S. Treasurys Bureau of Narcotics described him as one of the most powerful and influential Mafia leaders in the U.S. But to friends and associates, he was simply Uncle Frank. Who was Frank Costello really? Thats the question Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter Anthony M. DeStefano sets out to answer--in his definitive portrait of one of the most fascinating figures in the annals of American crime . . . Using newly released FBI files, eyewitness accounts, and family mementos, Top Hoodlum takes you inside the Mafia that Frank Costello helped build from the ground up, from small time bootlegging and gambling to a nationwide racketeering empire.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Schlagworte: 20th century • Al Capone • Alcatraz • american crime history • autobiographies • Autobiography • Biographies • biographies of famous people • Biography • bootlegger • bootlegging • Calabria • cartel • conspiracy • Crime • crime books • crime boss • criminal biography • Criminal psychology • Death • FBI • fbi books • francesco castiglia • Frank Costello • Gangs • Harlem • Historical • historical true crime • History • italian immigrant • Italy • Law and Order • luciano crime family • Mafia • mafia biographies • mafia biography • mafia books • Mafia History • mafia true • mafia true crime • mafia true crime books • Manhattan • MOB • mob books • mob boss biography • Mobster • Murder • murder true crime • Narcos • New York • New York City • Organized Crime • organized crime true crime • outlaw biography • Prison • prison books • Racketeer • racketeering • True Crime • true crime books • True crime history • true crime library • true crime mob books • true mafia • true mafia books • True stories • True story • true story books • War on Drugs
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-3871-6 / 0806538716
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-3871-6 / 9780806538716