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01939aam a2200373 a 4500 001 E4B1EDA8CFD411E18D1899826AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120717010139 008 111013s2012 onca b 001 0beng c 020 $a 1770410635 (paper) 020 $a 9781770410633 (paper) 020 $a 1770410007 (cloth) 020 $a 9781770410008 (cloth) 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ca 050 4 $a HV6248.C64 $b T47 2012 082 04 $a 364.1092 $2 23 100 1 $a Tereba, Tere. 245 1 $a Mickey Cohen : $b the life and crimes of L.A.'s notorious mobster / $c Tere Tereba. 260 $a Toronto, Ont. : $b ECW Press, $c c2012. 300 $a 323 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-316) and index. 520 $a 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, p. [2]. 600 10 $a Cohen, Mickey, $d 1914-1976. 650 0 $a Criminals $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gangsters $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $v Biography. 650 0 $a Organized crime $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History. 651 0 $a Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) $x History. 651 0 $a Los Angeles (Calif.) $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528052218.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110031046.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4B1EDA8CFD411E18D1899826AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search