Today, April 16, 2022, the following true crime titles are available at a huge discount! Today is a great day to cross these books off your "to be read" list. "SHE IS EVIL!" by Judith A. Yates TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES, VOLUME ONE by Mike Rothmiller TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES, VOLUME TWO by Mike Rothmiller A SPECIAL KIND OF EVIL by Blaine L. Pardoe A 'FAMILY' BUSINESS by Dennis N. Griffin, Joey Silvestri 16 MINUTES by … [Read more...]
THE GANGSTER’S COUSIN: Growing Up In The Luciano Family
Born in 1942, Salvatore "Sal" Lucania was not only raised but educated by the streets of East Harlem. Dropping out of his Catholic high school at 15 after punching out a priest, a formal education was not Sal's future. As such, it would have been easy to fall into the trappings of "made man" status in the mafia, like his cousin Charles "Lucky" Luciano. But Sal had a different vision of the future, if he could just escape the confines of his … [Read more...]
Salvatore Lucania
Growing up in the streets of Harlem in the 1940s and 50s, Sal Lucania survived by outwitting neighborhood bullies, the abusive priests who ran his school, local gangsters, and even some distant mafia relatives. He was born into a Sicilian family in 1942 and was named for his cousin Salvador Charles “Lucky” Luciano. As a Sicilian, he took on the philosophy of his culture: “No authority higher than our own.” As a relative of … [Read more...]