Anthony M Destefano: 7 books
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Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
“DeStefano tells Costello’s story well.”—Kirkus Reviews ** **
The definitive book on the ultimate mob boss—featuring new FBI revelations, rare family photos, and never-before-published material . . .
To authorities, Frank Costello was “The Prime Minister of the Underworld” and “one...
The Big Heist
The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
“A comprehensive account of the legendary 1978 heist . . . impressive.”
—Kirkus Reviews
The crime that inspired the movie Goodfellas.
The rest of the story that couldn’t be told—until now.
One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become...
by Anthony M. DeStefano
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
The Last Of The Old-World Mob Bosses--And The Ultimate Betrayal
For more than twenty years, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the U.S., employing over two hundred and fifty made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was...
Mob Killer:
The Bloody Rampage of Charles Carneglia, Mafia Hit Man
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
A Crazed Killer
He dissolved the bodies of some of his victims in acid and poured them down the sewer. He hung grisly souvenirs on nails in his junkyard.
La Costra Nostra
Charles Carneglia was a stone-cold killer who fell in with the bloodthirsty John Gotti crew. As the infamous...
Vinny Gorgeous
The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
A vain man of good looks but no family ties to the Mob, Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano worked his way up to acting boss of the Bonanno crime family, becoming its leader when official boss Joseph Massino went to prison in 2003. When the Mafia was crawling with secret operatives and informants...
Gotti's Boys
The Mafia Crew That Killed for John Gotti
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Meet the men who murdered for the mob—and made John Gotti the most powerful and deadly crime boss in America . . .
They called him the “Teflon Don.” But in his short reign as the head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti wracked up a lifetime of charges from gambling, extortion, and...
Gangland New York
The Places and Faces of Mob History
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Get a taste of New York’s underworld by seeing where mobsters lived, worked, ate, played, and died. From the Bowery Boys and the Five Points Gang through the rise of the Jewish “Kosher Nostra” and the ascendance of the Italian Mafia, mobsters have played a major role in the city’s history,...