Kensington, Belletristik, Lord High Executioner: The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia (Englisch, Michael Benson, Fr...

The bloodsoaked saga of the Murder, Inc. legend who helped create the modern American Mafia&mdash one body at a time&mdash featuring shocking eyewitness accounts . . . Umberto &ldquo Albert&rdquo 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&mdash and why every crime family had reason to want him dead&mdash 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&rsquo s bloody rise from fresh-off-the-boat immigrant to founder of the notorious killer&rsquo s club Murder, Inc.&mdash featuring never-before-told accounts from those who feared him most . . . They called him &ldquo The One Man Army.&rdquo &ldquo Mad Hatter.&rdquo &ldquo Lord High Executioner.&rdquo 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&mdash and walk free after each one. But in the end, he was the last obstacle in rival Mafia hoodlum Vito Genovese&rsquo s dream of becoming the boss of bosses&mdash and paid the ultimate price . . .