{"product_id":"red-hook-brooklyn-mafia-ground-zero-9780806543208","title":"Red Hook: Brooklyn Mafia, Ground Zero","description":"\u003cb\u003eLong before Brooklyn was known as the world's hippest neighborhood, it was the \u003ci\u003edeadliest\u003c\/i\u003e - the seedy, dangerous underbelly of New York City, where mobsters and gangs could commit murder and dump dead bodies without getting caught.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than a hundred years, the Red Hook section of Brooklyn was Ground Zero for organized crime. Whoever controlled the piers controlled everything. From the infamous Irish gang known as The White Hand at the turn of the century, to the notorious Italian Gallo brothers who ran President Street--and everything else--generations later, the blood-soaked history of Red Hook is the story of American crime at its most powerful, corrupt, and coldly efficient. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's all here: the brutal mob hits, bullet storms, and backstabbings of the most colorful cutthroats to ever terrorize the streets. A rogue's gallery of killers with nicknames like \"The Mad Hatter,\" \"The Executioner,\" \"Wild Bill,\" and \"Peg Leg.\" The Brooklyn bar fight that gave Al \"Scarface\" Capone his legendary scars. The godfather of America's first Sicilian crime family whose gruesomely mangled hand could scare men half to death. And, to bring it all home, the author's own eyewitness account of multiple shootings growing up as the son of a Mafia bodyguard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked with jaw-dropping stories of public violence and personal vengeance, vivid insights into the Mafia's way of life, and shocking portraits of America's most wanted crime families, \u003ci\u003eRed Hook\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the history of organized crime in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank DiMatteo \u003c\/b\u003eis a lifelong Brooklynite, Mafia \"survivor,\" and publisher of \u003ci\u003eMob Candy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMob Candy\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eManhattan Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coauthor, along with Michael Benson, of more than half a dozen nonfiction books on the history of organized crime, including his acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a retired gangster and the son of a Mob hit man, with past interviews and appearances that include the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e VICE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Business Insider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Late Night with Johnny P\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOne on One \u003c\/i\u003ewith Steve Adubato. He was also an expert source in the HISTORY TV documentary \u003ci\u003eAmerican Godfathers: The Five Families\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Benson\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of nonfiction history and crime books, including \u003ci\u003eGangsters vs. Nazis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHollywood vs. Nazis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvil Season\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Betrayal in Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eMoguls\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Craig Singer. He is also one of America's most accomplished and popular Mafia experts, having coauthored numerous books on the subject, including \u003ci\u003eCarmine the Snake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Mafia Hit Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLord High Executioner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Hook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Carlo Gambino \u003c\/i\u003ewith Frank DiMatteo and \u003ci\u003eMafia Secrets \u003c\/i\u003ewith Gianni Russo\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a regular commentator, appearing on numerous radio and television shows such as \u003ci\u003e20\/20\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Case with Paula Zahn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeadly Sins \u003c\/i\u003eon the ID: Investigation Discovery channel. A recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award, he can be found on Facebook @authorMichaelBenson.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Citadel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875222917394,"sku":"9780806543208","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_00875a66-7b9a-49c0-832f-c642f1d11258.jpg?v=1738283600","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-hook-brooklyn-mafia-ground-zero-9780806543208","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}