The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia

The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia

â€œWhen Mom got out of jail, it was great having her home.â€

Mondo the Dwarf. Frankie Shots. Jospeh â€œLittle Lolly Popâ€ Carna. Larry â€œBig Lolly Popâ€ Carna. Salvatore â€œSally Boyâ€ Marinelli. Johnny Tarzan. Louie Pizza. Sally D, Bobby B, Roy Roy, and Punchy.

They were THE PRESIDENT STREET BOYS of Brooklyn, New York.

Frank Dimatteo was born into a family of mob hitmen. His father and godfather were shooters and bodyguards for infamous Mafia legends, the Gallo brothers. His uncle was a capo in the Genovese crime family and bodyguard to Frank Costello. Needless to say, DiMatteo saw and heard things that a boy shouldnâ€™t see or hear.

He knew everybody in the neighborhood. And they knew him. . .and his family. And does he have some wild stories to tell. . .

From the old-school Mafia dons and infamous â€œfive familiesâ€ who called all the shots, to the new-breed â€œindependentsâ€ of the ballsy Gallo gang who didnâ€™t answer to nobody, Dimatteo pulls no punches in describing what itâ€™s really like growing up in the mob. Getting his cheeks pinched by Crazy Joe Gallo until tears came down his face. Dropping out of school and hanging gangster-style with the boys on President Street. Watching the Gallos wage an all-out war against wiseguys with more power, more money, more guns. And finally, revealing the shocking deathbed confessions that will blow the lid off the sordid deeds, stunning betrayals, and all-too-secret history of the American Mafia.

Originally self-published as Lion in the Basement

Raves For THE PRESIDENT STREET BOYS: Growing Up Mafia

â€œFrankie D was born and raised in this lifeâ€”and heâ€™s still alive and still free. They donâ€™t come any sharper then Frankie D. A real gangster story. Read this book!â€ â€”Nicky â€œSlickâ€ DiPietro, New York City

â€œI know Frankie D from when i was a kid living in South Brooklyn. It was hard reading about my father, Gennaro â€œChitozâ€ Basciano, but I knew it was the truth. Frankieâ€™s book is dead on the moneyâ€”I couldnâ€™t put it down.â€ â€”Eddie Basciano, somewhere in Florida

â€œItâ€™s been forty years since Iâ€™ve been with Frankie D doing our thing on President Street. This book was like a flashback, Frankie D nails itÂ from beginning to the end. Bravo, from one of the President Street Boys.â€ â€”Anthony â€œGoombadielâ€ DeLuca, Brooklyn, New York

â€œAs a neighborhood kid I grew up around President Street and know firsthand the lure of â€˜the lifeâ€™ as a police officer and as a kid that escaped the lure. I can tell you the blind loyalty that the crews had for their bossesâ€”unbounded, limitless, and dangerous. As the Prince of President Street, Frank Dimatteo, is representative of a lost generation of Italian Americans. If any of this crew had been given a fair shot at the beginning they would have been geniuses in their chosen field.â€ â€”Joseph "Giggy" Gagliardo, Retired DEA Agent, New York City

â€œThe President Street Boys takes me back as if it was a time machine.Â Its authenticity is compelling reading for those interested in what things were really like in those mob heydays; not some authorâ€™s formulation without an inkling of what was going on behind the scenes. I loved the book because I was there, and know for sure readers will love it too.â€ â€”Sonny Girard, author of Blood of Our Fathers and Sins of Our Sons
Country USA
Manufacturer Kensington Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-07-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Kensington Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-07-26
Format	Kindle eBook

The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia

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