Sam Giancana was born on May 24, 1908 to Sicilian immigrants Antonio and Antonia Giancana in Chicago's Little Italy. As a child, Giancana was frequently subjected to the violent discipline of his father. At age six, his father beat him with a razor strap until he bled and chained him well into the night to an oak tree in their backyard. Another child's spirit would have been broken, but Giancana only became more stubborn and independent. By the time he was age ten, his teachers had labeled him a hopeless delinquent and sent him to St. Charles Reformatory for boys for six months. He never returned to live in his father's house. After leaving the reform school, Giancana lived on the streets and eventually became part of a gang of youths called the 42s. Giancana moved back to his father's home and demanded respect. Subsequently, while the rest of the...