In 1919 the National Prohibition Act made it illegal to make or sell liquor in America—and led directly to the establishment of organized crime. Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo was Meyer Lansky's partner and pal as their petty thievery turned to bootlegging and murder. Near the end of his long life, Alo let Tommy Sobeck tape record his memories, and later granted interviews with his friend Dylan Struzan, with the caveat that she not write this book "until I'm gone." From the horse's mouth, these are gritty true stories of mobsters like Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Lucky Luciano.