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01633aam a2200301 a 4500 001 46515C0EA3C311E5AB6702EDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151216010155 008 130109s2013 xxu d eng d 020 $a 9781410453440 (hardcover) 020 $a 1410453448 (hardcover) 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Lieberman, Paul. 245 10 $a Gangster squad : $b covert cops, the mob, and the battle for los angeles / $c Paul Lieberman. 250 $a Large print ed. 260 $a Waterville, ME : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2013. 300 $a 642 p. (large print) ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a A full decade before J. Edgar Hoover's FBI even acknowledged the existence of the Mafia, the Los Angeles Police Department launched the real-life Gangster Squad - eight men who met covertly and slept with Tommy guns while combating what city fathers saw as an "invasion of undesirables." But for two cops, Sgt. Jack O'Mara and Sgt. Jerry Wooters, all that mattered was nailing one strutting little gangster named Mickey Cohen. 650 $a Gangsters $x 20th century $x Los Angeles $x History $x 20th century 650 $a Organized crime $x 20th century $x Los Angeles $x History $x 20th century 650 $a Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept. $x 20th century $x 20th century 650 $a Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept. $x 20th century $x 20th century 650 $a Large type books 856 40 $3 URL $u http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1410453448/chopaconline-20 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20151216020337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=46515C0EA3C311E5AB6702EDDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search