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Author:

Lieberman, Paul, 1949-

Title:

Gangster Squad : covert cops, the mob, and the battle for Los Angeles / Paul Lieberman.

Edition:

St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

549 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Subject:

Cohen, Mickey,--1914-1976.
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Dept.--History.
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Dept.--History.
Organized crime--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Gangsters--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Organized crime--Los Angeles (Calif.)--History.

Contents:

Prelude: A violin case under the bed -- I. The Whalens move west to the City of Angels -- II. The gangster squad's Sergeant Jack O'Mara sets his trap for Mickey -- III. Sergeant Jerry Wooters and the deadly night at Rondelli's -- IV. Justice -- Afterword: Machine gun shoot-outs on the big screen -- Acknowledgments.

Summary:

Describes how the Los Angeles Police Department formed an eight-man special unit to go after LA's gangsters in 1946, and relates the efforts of two of the squad--Jack O'Mara and Jerry Wooters--to take down mob boss Mickey Cohen.

ISBN:

1250027853
9781250027856 (pbk.)

LCCN:

bl2012026383

Locations:

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)