Entering the United States in 1895 from Italy with his parents and older brother, Eddy, when he was only four years old, Frank Costello eventually became a figure disdained by his native country and pursued relentlessly by his adopted home. Known as the "Prime Minister of the Underworld," Costello was a key member of the organized crime syndicate's Genovese Crime family, and responsible for most of the slot machines run across the country. By 1943, Costello was the "Boss of All Bosses." With the famed Charles "Lucky" Luciano in jail and Vito Genovese hiding out in Sicily, Costello ran New York. Tammany Hall was still the political machine that elected mayors and judges, and Costello was the man behind the power of Tammany Hall. The irony of taking control of the Irish political power was never lost on Costello, who had felt abused by the Italian struggle with the Irish...