{"product_id":"jimmy-the-gent-anthony-m-destefano-9780806545004","title":"Jimmy the Gent: The Life and Heists of Criminal MasterMind Jimmy Burke","description":"\u003cb\u003eJimmy Burke was a key player in Nicholas Pileggi's \u003ci\u003eWiseguy\u003c\/i\u003e and brilliantly portrayed by Robert De Niro in \u003ci\u003eGoodfellas\u003c\/i\u003e, but the explosive life story of the underworld architect of the greatest heist in American history has never been told--until now in the first-ever, fully comprehensive biography of the notorious Jimmy the Gent.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames \"Jimmy the Gent\" Burke wasn't blood to the Lucchese crime family of the Italian Mafia, but the brazen Irishman's moneymaking criminal enterprises, fearlessness, and loyalty earned him respect among the crime bosses he served. Coldhearted, calculating, and vicious, Jimmy the Gent would eventually carve his own sensational path through the underworld. His crowning achievement--the legendary 1978 multimillion-dollar Lufthansa heist at JFK Airport--is an untold story that Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative Mob journalist Anthony M. DeStefano, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Heist\u003c\/i\u003e, uncovers for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Jimmy's unsettled youth, abandoned by his brutal father and long-suffering mother and shuffled through several foster homes, to his delinquent teen years of crime and street-smart survival, Jimmy eventually found a family who warmed to him: the Luccheses, the dominant force in New York and New Jersey's organized crime. Jimmy would soon rub shoulders with the likes of eventual informant Henry Hill, Tommy DeSimone, Paul Vario, and William \"Billy Batts\" Bentvena. And though Burke would spend nearly one-third of his life behind bars, in the end he managed to outlast the treacheries of his lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing new insights and revelations involving the violent decades-long aftermath of the legendary heist, \u003ci\u003eJimmy the Gent\u003c\/i\u003e is the riveting full story behind the man who would become firmly ensconced in Mob folklore as one of the most notorious Irish gangsters and grand larcenists of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony M. DeStefano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806545003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806545004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Citadel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Anthony M. DeStefano","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50594510897407,"sku":"9780806545004","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e29bdca-f4a7-4c56-9fe6-64817b8b3ef8.jpg?v=1791134691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jimmy-the-gent-anthony-m-destefano-9780806545004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}