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Mickey Cohen : the life and crimes of L.A.'s notorious mobster / Tere Tereba.

Tereba, Tere, (author.). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary:

"A seductive, premium-octane blend of true crime and Holly wood lore that spins around a wildly eccentric mob boss. When Bugsy Siegel was executed, ruthless Mickey Cohen, a former pro boxer and cunning provocateur, took over criminal activity in L.A., a move sanctioned by Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello. Attaining immense power and dominance, from the late 1940s until 1976 the semi-literate Angeleno became an above-the-fold newspaper name, accumulating a remarkable count of more than 1,000 front pages in Los Angeles papers alone, and hundreds of articles in national and international periodicals."--Dust jacket, page [2].

Record details

ISBN: 9781770902022
Physical Description: 1 electronic text (323 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits
Publisher: Toronto [Ontario] : ECW Press, [2012]
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

General Note:	Issued as part of the desLibris books collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-316) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue a Dangerous Place -- Act I. The California Wildcat. 1. Boyle Heights Boychik -- 2. School of Hard Knocks -- 3. The Coasters -- 4. Fields of Manna -- 5. Young Blood -- 6. Picked from the Chorus -- 7. Hollywood Byzantine -- Act II. King of The Sunset Strip. 8. Puttin' on the Dog -- 9. A Thousand Hinky Plays -- 10. High Jingo -- 11. Smog Alert -- 12. Star-Crossed -- 13. Bum-Steered and Bum-Rapped -- 14. Tsuris -- Act III. The Long Goodbye. 17. Shifting Winds -- 18. Brave New World -- 19. Sacrificial Lamb -- 20. Ink Junky -- 21. The Oscar -- 22. Bombshells and Bobby -- 23. End Games -- 24. Relic -- Cast of Characters.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available in print version.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.