Columbus Avenue Boys: Avenging the Scalamarri Massacre - Hardcover

Carraturo, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1469778297 ISBN 13: 9781469778297

Publisher: iUniverse, 2012

Synopsis

Salvatore Esposito, Anthony Albanese, and Christopher Cameron-the Columbus Avenue Boys-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.

Tony'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.

Now fifty years later, Pops convinces the Columbus Avenue Boys 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.

Columbus Avenue Boys 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.

About this title

About the Author:

David Carraturo grew up in Tuckahoe, an Italian-Irish community in Westchester County, New York. He also wrote Cameron Nation: Going All-In to Save His Country. He has spent more than twenty-five years working on Wall Street; he is married, has three daughters, and is an avid poker player.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1469778297
• ISBN 13: 9781469778297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258