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Author:

Tereba, Tere.

Title:

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

Publisher:

ECW Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cohen, Mickey,--1914-1976.
Criminals--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Biography.
Gangsters--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Biography.
Organized crime--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-316) and index.

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, p. [2].

ISBN:

1770410635 (paper)
9781770410633 (paper)
1770410007 (cloth)
9781770410008 (cloth)

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)