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Summary: Amazing!
Review: One of my the many things that history has given me is the myths and legends of the underworld and the mafia. Murder, Inc. is the answer to the myriad of question history class never answered.For over 20 years I have been reading about men like Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Buggsy Siegel, Frank Costello, Johnny Torio and Albert Anastasia, and until this book I was misinformed about a number of things. From the early 30's and into the 40's and 50's, follow along and watch the trail of over 1,000 brutal and horrific murders were committed by one the most ruthless groups of individuals ever assembled. Read along and watch Murder Inc. bring and end to prohibition, and how this same group was taken down as the author, a former Brooklyn DA, sent seven of the men to the chair. This book ranks number 2 in my reviews for 1999!
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Summary: The Book Describes the details inside Murder Inc.
Review: The book gives you the details of murders that were unsolved. It gives word by word confessions of some of the top capos in Murder Inc. It tells you the true reasons behind Bugsy Siegel and Kid Twist deaths as well as others. The Murder Inc. book gives you a detailed event of how and why Murder Inc. was created and how it became the power structure it is today
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Summary: A chilling, thoroughly researched presentation
Review: The collaborative work of Burton B. Turkus (who was the Assistant District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn during the original Murder, Inc. investigations) and veteran journalist Sid Feder, Murder, Inc.: The Story Of The Syndicate is the factual chronicle and history of an infamous and feared American criminal organization that prospered in the 1930's and 40's, making their mark in American criminal history for their efficient and utterly ruthless means of eliminating rivals and enemies; controlling and corrupting local, state, and federal officials; and for resisting prosecution by the law until one of their members (Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, known for his habit of strangulation) turned state's evidence and exposed to public view a secret and lethal criminal organization with national implications. A chilling, thoroughly researched presentation, Murder, Inc. is a strongly recommended contribution to American Organized Crime supplemental reading lists.
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Summary: Riveting
Review: The most riveting book I've read on the creation & operations of the early stages of the Mafia.
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Summary: An out-dated, but thourough history of the Mob up to 1955.
Review: The only thing this book doesn't give on the Mob up to the mid 50's is an org chart. This is probably the best look at the Mob from an insider's point of view outside of WISEGUY. And much of the inside information comes from a made man, something Henry Hill (the mobster in WISEGUY) never was. Learn about the Purge of Mafia, the establishment of the international cartel, the histories of the biggest names in organized crime history, including Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Albert Anastasia, Joey Adonnis, Bugsy Seigel, and the rest of Murder, Inc. The only reason this book doesn't get 5 stars is that it is embarrassingly out-of-date and therefore presents a distorted view of the Mob in the years up to 1955. It can't benefit from historical perspective or just the distance of time.
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Summary: The true mob story
Review: This is the best book ever written about the mob. Show us how the mob set itself up as a National Company in the 40's and some very interesting things about its board of directors - Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Bugsy, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and the best execution group ever, Murder Inc, formed in Brooklyn by Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, Harry "Pittsburg Phill" Strauss and Bugsy Goldstein This book was wtitten by Mr. Arsenic the guy that sent a lot of them to the eletric chair
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Summary: The true mob story
Review: This is the best book ever written about the mob. Show us how the mob set itself up as a National Company in the 40's and some very interesting things about its board of directors - Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Bugsy, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and the best execution group ever, Murder Inc, formed in Brooklyn by Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, Harry "Pittsburg Phill" Strauss and Bugsy Goldstein This book was wtitten by Mr. Arsenic the guy that sent a lot of them to the eletric chair
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