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Author:

Newark, Timothy.

Title:

Lucky Luciano : the real and the fake gangster / Tim Newark.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xvi, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Luciano, Lucky,--1897-1962.
Criminals--New York--New York--Biography.
Organized crime--New York.--New York.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Sicily.--Sicily.
Mafia--History--20th century.
Mafia--Sicily--Sicily--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Lucky in Nazi Germany -- How to become a gangster -- Uptown gambler -- Surviving the ride -- War of the Sicilian bosses -- Top of the pile -- Lucky in Hollywood -- City of sex -- Lucky on trial -- Nazis in New York -- Talking to the devil himself -- Lucky goes to war -- Cuba fiasco -- Cold war warrior -- Narcotics overlord -- Genovese's game -- Lucky in love -- Death in Naples.

ISBN:

0312601824 (hc.)
9780312601829 (hc.)

LCCN:

2010021686

Locations:

KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)