{"product_id":"the-gambino-family-history-9781393196402","title":"The Gambino Family History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1931, Charles \"Lucky\" Luciano calls the most powerful gangsters to a hotel in Chicago for a meeting that will soon change the way that organized crime is run in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe creates the Five Families just like they did back in Sicily. His words were, \"We have to run our business like a business.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the Capos, the Crews, and the Consiglieres, all reporting to the head of the family, The Boss, but there will be no more Boss of Bosses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also created a board of directors, \"The Commission\" run by the heads of the five New York families. They will have the final say in all matters, even life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a single move, Luciano creates the most powerful organized crime syndicate America has ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then twenty-six-years later on the morning of October 25, 1957, Albert Anastasia was killed, and with his death came the birth of The Gambino Crime Family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though they are no longer headline news in the newspapers across the country, The Gambino Crime Family continues to be active in a variety of criminal enterprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, we will journey over 100 years of Mafia history from the 1898 reign of Ignazio 'the Wolf' Lupo, through the prohibition years and the 1929 Castellammarese War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe'll trace the footsteps and battles of Lucky Luciano, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and John Gotti as they make millions, kill thousands, and create empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diamondback Publishers International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50378546086162,"sku":"9781393196402","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51cefcdc-0971-42bd-9ee8-0134fe106226.jpg?v=1728648447","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gambino-family-history-9781393196402","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}