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Author:

English, T. J., 1957-

Title:

Havana nocturne : how the mob owned Cuba-- and then lost it to the revolution / T.J. English.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xvi, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mafia--Havana.--Havana.
Cuba--History--1933-1959.
Havana (Cuba)--Social conditions--20th century.
Lansky, Meyer,--1902-1983.
Luciano, Lucky,--1897-1962.

Other Titles:

Havana mob.

Notes:

"This book was originally published as The Havana mob in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Mainstream Publishing"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-380) and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. Mobster mambo. -- Feeling lucky -- The mob's playground -- El Judio Maravilloso (The Marvelous Jew) -- Well-charactered people -- Razzle-dazzle -- The ghost of José Martí -- Gambler's paradise -- pt. 2. La engañadora (The deceiver). -- Arrivederci, Roma -- A bullet for El Presidente -- Carnival of flesh -- Tropical vengeance -- A handmade woman -- The sun almost rises -- "Get the money"

Summary:

An award-winning journalist and historian offers the complete story of how the Mob infiltrated Havana in the 1950s, made a fortune--and lost it all to Fidel Castro.

ISBN:

0061712744 (pbk.)
9780061712746 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262884811

Locations:

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)