Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D'arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia Free Audiobook Download by Jerry Capeci,Tom Robbins
Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D'arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia is an exciting and informative book about a man who was once a high-level member of the Chicago Outfit. It's told through a narrative from Jerry Capeci who knows first hand how an organized crime boss led all his personal relationships in life and controlled everything he did.
As to Little Al D'arco, he was a pathetic little man whose puerile bravura helped bring down a mob kingpin. His story is not just about an individual's triumph over organized crime. It's also about how the Mafia operates and what it means to live in America today
"Little Al" had a long and checkered career as an underworld figure. He was among the first members of the American Mafia to be a "made member." Little Al, who was five feet tall, taught himself to read and write from books used in reform schools where he was incarcerated as a juvenile offender. Before he died at age seventy-eight, Little Al served time for his role in the infamous Luchese crime family murder of mobster Albert Anastasia in Manhattan's exclusive Upper East Side neighborhood on October 25th, 1957.
Little Al D'arco was a notorious mafia man who almost brought the Mafia to its knees in 1950s New York city. In an effort to escape the law, he owned two houses and moved his family around constantly, eventually settling down in Brooklyn. Little Al was arrested for tax evasion on January 15th, 1959. He continued to run a Mafia empire from prison with none of his family members knowing.
The book is about the life of Little Al D'arco, a Mafioso who went from being a street tough to leading a mob war that took down the Mafia. Capeci Tom Robbins's Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D'Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia is a riveting true story of how this dirty trickster turned around and played them all, handing to law enforcement information that put mobsters in prison for years.
Frank "Dapper Don" Salemi, an Italian-American mob boss and captain of the Genovese crime family, is a man not easy to get along with. His life spirals out of control when "Little Al" D'arco, a low level mobster from Brooklyn, bests him in a heated argument and beats him senseless. The men decide that Salemi needs to be taught a lesson for his unruly behavior. They order the murder of Little Al's three-year old daughter, but she miraculously survives without any permanent damage. With the help of writer Jerry Capeci Tom Robbins, Little Al becomes one of the most famous mafioso figures in history
Published Date | 2013-11-19 |
Duration | 16 hours 20 minutes |
Author | Jerry Capeci, Tom Robbins |
Narrated | Michael Prichard |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Biography & Memoir |
Parent Category | Law & Politics |