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

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
ISBN: 9781770410008
ISBN: 9781770410633
Physical Description: remote
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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 --
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.