By Henry Hill
ISBN-10: 1590772024
ISBN-13: 9781590772027
"At the age of twelve, my ambition was once to turn into a gangster. To be a wiseguy used to be higher than being President of the USA. To be a wiseguy was once to possess the world." ― Henry Hill
When Henry Hill entered the Witness defense software, he used to be yes that his felony days had eventually come to an finish. He was once wrong.
For over two decades, Henry Hill lived the excessive lifestyles as a strong member of the Lucchese crime kin, a lifestyles immortalized in Martin Scorsese's vintage movie GoodFellas. After his arrest in 1980, he disappeared into the Witness safety application With this ebook, Henry comes fresh approximately his final 20 years, filling within the gaps approximately his contemporary prior in addition to atmosphere the list immediately on his days as a wiseguy. instantly hilarious, unpredictable, scandalous, and arresting, Henry Hill's story will damage every thing you inspiration you knew in regards to the Witness security application.
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That revelation didn’t last. It was like trying to stop a train, an out-of-control train. I was so used to this lifestyle; I mean, I couldn’t sit still. They (the Feds) expected me just to accept my role. Well, when you did what I did for so long, you are conditioned to hustle, to find the loopholes and scores, the excitement and danger. I just couldn’t shake that—not even close. To make matters worse, my wife Karen and the kids were endangered more than ever. Before, they were protected, while I was always in danger.
I didn’t give a fuck. Since I knew I wasn’t going to be made as a young kid, it gave me the latitude to talk to any boss in New York without going through my boss, without getting an okay. I didn’t have to go through the chain of command. I should have been expendable, not being a made guy, but all the bosses thought I was Paulie’s nephew. They used to call me the Mayor of Queens Boulevard. I was still just a kid. Johnny Dio (Dioguardi) was the legendary union controller who had come up in New York’s legendary Murder, Inc.
So I just flat-out told Ed that we had no deal, and I would not leave my wife and children behind. It was not selfishness on my part. I wish I could have left them behind, but I knew what would happen if I didn’t show at the first trial. I had been with my wife for over fifteen years, was with her every day. Once it was done, there would be nothing. At that point I was willing to just go to prison. My co-defendant, Bobby Germaine, wound up doing six years. I heard them telling me twenty years, but I thought that was bullshit.