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LEADER: 03138cam 2200493Ia 4500
001 ocn847691880
003 OCoLC
005 20220621121932.0
008 130611s2012 nyua b 001 0beng d
040 $aIJC$beng$cIJC$dOCLCO$dOCLCF$dOCLCQ$dOCLCA$dOCL$dOCLCO
020 $a9781606711637$q(pbk.)
020 $a1606711636$q(pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)847691880
043 $an-us-ca
082 04 $a364.1092$223
100 1 $aTereba, Tere.
245 10 $aMickey Cohen :$bthe life and crimes of L.A.'s notorious mobster /$cTere Tereba.
260 $aNew York :$bMJF Books,$c©2012.
300 $a323 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 312-316) and index.
520 $aWhen 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.
505 00 $tPrologue a dangerous place --$gAct I.$tThe California wildcat --$g1.$tBoyle Heights boychik --$g2.$tSchool of hard knocks --$g3.$tThe coasters --$g4.$tFields of manna --$g5.$tYoung blood --$g6.$tPicked from the chorus --$g7.$tHollywood Byzantine --$gAct II.$tKing of the Sunset Strip --$g8.$tPuttin'on the dog --$g9.$tA thousand hinky plays --$g10.$tHigh jingo --$g11.$tSmog alert --$g12.$tStar-crossed --$g13.$tBum-steered and bum-rapped --$g14.$tTsuris --$g15.$tDeath and taxes --$g16.$tJudas and Iago --$gAct III.$tThe long goodbye --$g17.$tShifting winds --$g18.$tBrave new world --$g19.$tSacrificial lamb --$g20.$tInk junky --$g21.$tThe Oscar --$g22.$tBombshells and Bobby --$g23.$tEnd games --$g24.$tRelic.
600 10 $aCohen, Mickey,$d1914-1976.
650 0 $aCriminals$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$vBiography.
650 0 $aGangsters$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$vBiography.
650 0 $aOrganized crime$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory.
651 0 $aHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$vBiography.
650 6 $aCriminels$zCalifornie$zLos Angeles$vBiographies.
650 6 $aGangsters$zCalifornie$zLos Angeles$vBiographies.
650 6 $aCrime organisé$zCalifornie$zLos Angeles$xHistoire.
600 17 $aCohen, Mickey,$d1914-1976.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01636409
650 7 $aCriminals.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00883516
650 7 $aGangsters.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00937713
650 7 $aOrganized crime.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01047884
651 7 $aCalifornia$zLos Angeles.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204540
651 7 $aCalifornia$zLos Angeles$zHollywood.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01312041
655 7 $aBiographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
994 $aZ0$bIME
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN IME - 8 OTHER HOLDINGS