Sam Giancana - Early Life

Early Life

Born as Salvatore Giangana in Little Italy, Chicago to Sicilian immigrants from Partanna, in the province of Trapani. His father, Antonino (later simplified to Antonio) Giangana, owned a pushcart and later briefly owned an Italian ice shop, which was later firebombed by gangland rivals of his son.

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