The President Street Boys, Frank DiMatteo
The President Street Boys, Frank DiMatteo
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The President Street Boys
Growing Up Mafia

Author: Frank DiMatteo

Narrator: R. C. Bray

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/26/2016

Synopsis


Frank DiMatteo was born into a family of mob hitmen. His father and godfather were shooters and bodyguards for infamous Mafia legends, the Gallo brothers. His uncle was a capo in the Genovese crime family and bodyguard to Frank Costello. Needless to say, DiMatteo saw and heard things that a boy shouldn't see or hear.

From the old-school Mafia dons and infamous "five families" who called all the shots, to the new-breed "independents" of the ballsy Gallo gang who didn't answer to nobody, DiMatteo pulls no punches in telling what it's really like growing up in the mob. He describes getting his cheeks pinched by Crazy Joe Gallo until tears came down his face, dropping out of school and hanging gangster-style with the boys on President Street, and watching the Gallos wage an all-out war against wise guys with more power, more money, and more guns. And finally, DiMatteo reveals the shocking deathbed confessions that will blow the lid off the sordid deeds, stunning betrayals, and all-too-secret history of the American Mafia.

About Frank DiMatteo

Frank DiMatteo is a lifelong Brooklynite, Mafia "survivor," and publisher of Mob Candy magazine. He is the author of the acclaimed memoir, The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia, as well as Mob Candy's Brooklyn Gangsters and Manhattan Gangsters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen H Manes on January 22, 2019

A great view from the trenches Dimatteo’s writing will never be mistaken for Mario Puzo’s but life isn’t fiction either. Dimatteo tells it like it was: a dark and self-indulgent life where only a few got rich at the expense of others as well as their own souls and the unsettling knowledge that any da......more

Goodreads review by D. Richard Eunice on August 29, 2021

Language is very bad The book written pretty well. He covers in detail different members of the mob. He names the people he was associated with and having read other books on the different people he mentioned I can honestly believe the stories within the book. If that is the case why did I only give......more

Goodreads review by Eric on July 19, 2020

Eh Nothing Special Other than talking about drinking and fighting a lot, I'm struggling to recall any stories of him actually doing anything. This book is more about where places were located back in the day and what other people did or had happen to them. He felt important and thought he was a big s......more

Goodreads review by patrick on August 15, 2022

Frank Dimatteo who grew up in and around the Italian family of mobsters gives us a look into the way it was. At least from his point of view, we all have different views of how we see things. Here in this book, you get to see that the life that these men lived was not all as glamorous as the movies......more

Goodreads review by Ana on July 13, 2022

I was looking for some inside information about gangs for research purposes and this book provided a great deal of inspiration. Frank DiMatteo is very honest and clear about the life and helps to recreate how was living in New York during that time. Very useful.......more

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