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Author:

Whalen, Robert Weldon, 1950- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82277092

Title:

Murder, Inc., and the moral life : gangsters and gangbusters in La Guardia's New York / Robert Weldon Whalen.

Publisher:

Empire State EditionsAn imprint of Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Organized crime--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Gangsters--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Crime--New York--New York--History--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
TRUE CRIME--Organized Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Regional Studies.
Crime.
Gangsters.
Organized crime.
New York (State)--New York.
1898-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Characters -- Prologue. Naked City -- Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters -- Mobsters and the Movies -- Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of Murder, Inc. -- Ch. 3. Gangster City -- Ch. 4. Fiorello La Guardia and the Cinema of Redemption -- Ch. 5. Gangbuster: Thomas Dewey and Imperfect Justice -- Ch. 6. Murder, Inc. "I Got Used to It." -- Ch. 7. A Theater of Ethics: Mr. Arsenic and the Murder, Inc. Trials -- Ch. 8. Ethics of Ambiguity: The Canary Could Sing but Couldn't Fly -- Epilogue. "That Dangerous and Sad City of the Imagination" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

"Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0823271552
9780823271559

OCLC:

(OCoLC)935989278

LCCN:

2016014319

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)