{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Citadel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806543208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44683528044725,"sku":"9780806543208","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a8c730c1-75f2-42e5-a4a7-f8a3d5381750.jpg?v=1727796219","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/red-hook-brooklyn-mafia-ground-zero-9780806543208","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}