{"product_id":"columbus-avenue-boys-david-carraturo-9781469778280","title":"Columbus Avenue Boys: Avenging the Scalamarri Massacre","description":"\u003cp\u003eSalvatore Esposito, Anthony Albanese, and Christopher Cameron-the \u003ci\u003eColumbus Avenue Boys\u003c\/i\u003e-are somewhat related, as they share lineage back to before the turn of century. Having grown up together in a small community north of New York City, each became successful in his own right. Chris moved to Dallas to be a portfolio manager with a financial firm while Sal and Tony earn their living the hard way-by being enforcers and major earners for the mob.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTony's grandfather, Pops Scala, tells them a horrific secret from the Scalamarri family past: twelve members of their family were massacred at the hands of Bugsy Siegel and his ruthless gang from Murder Inc. in 1935. Pops was the sole witness and lone survivor, and he was more than happy to pull the trigger and end Bugsy's murderous life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow fifty years later, Pops convinces the \u003ci\u003eColumbus Avenue Boys\u003c\/i\u003e they must leave the underworld life for good. Since one cannot just give two weeks' notice to the Gambino crime family, the three blood brothers devise a plan to infiltrate the inner workings of the Mafia in the 1990s to avenge the massacre in their family tree.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbus Avenue Boys\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the Scalamarri family tree throughout the twentieth century and presents a historical perspective of the life and struggles of an Italian immigrant family as well as that of America's organized crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Carraturo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469778289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469778280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"David Carraturo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458566467839,"sku":"9781469778280","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a597831-afdc-44c1-bc2c-f42f47273159.jpg?v=1777405218","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/columbus-avenue-boys-david-carraturo-9781469778280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}