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01586aam a22003018a 4500 001 1AECA30266BD11E2809D11EEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20181009010727 008 120831s2012 meua d 000 0 eng 010 $a 2012034542 020 $a 1410453448 (hbk.) 020 $a 9781410453440 (hbk.) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d IUK $d IK2 $d MPC $d UIB $d SILO 100 1 $a Lieberman, Paul, $d 1949- 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 2012. 300 $a 643 p. (large print), [16] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 23 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. 600 10 $a Cohen, Mickey, $d 1914-1976. 610 10 $a Los Angeles (Calif.). $b Police Dept. $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Gangsters $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Organized crime $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720041545.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1AECA30266BD11E2809D11EEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search