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001 2006015747
003 DLC
005 20081205101412.0
008 060512s2006 nyua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2006015747
020 $a1582343896 (hbk.)
020 $a9781582343891 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aKF373.K67$bR87 2006
082 00 $a364.1092$aB$222
100 1 $aRusso, Gus.
245 10 $aSupermob :$bhow Sidney Korshak and his criminal associates became America's hidden power brokers /$cGus Russo.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury :$bDistributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck,$c2006.
300 $axvi, 623 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [587]-598) and index.
520 $aInvestigative reporter Russo tells the remarkable story of the "Supermob"--a cadre of men who, over the course of decades, secretly influenced nearly every aspect of American society. Presenting new revelations about such famous members as Jules Stein, Joe Glaser, Ronald Reagan, Lew Wasserman, David Bazelon, and John Jacob Factor--as well as infamous, scrupulously low-profile members--Russo pulls the lid off of a half-century of criminal infiltration into American business, politics, and society. At the heart of it all is Sidney "The Fixer" Korshak, who from the 1940s until his death in the 1990s was not only the most powerful lawyer in the world, according to the FBI, but the enigmatic player behind countless 20th century power mergers, political deals, and organized crime chicaneries. As the underworld's primary link to the corporate upperworld, Korshak's backroom dominance and talent for anonymity will likely never be equaled.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aCast of characters -- The lawyer from Lawndale -- From Lawndale to the Seneca to the underworld -- Birds of a feather -- Kaddish for California -- The future is in real estate -- "Hell, that's what you had to do in those days to get by." -- Scenes from Hollywood, part one -- Jimmy, Bobby and Sidney -- Forty years in the desert -- The kingmakers : Paul, Lew and Ronnie in California -- The new frontier -- Bistro days -- "He could never walk away from those people." -- Scenes from Hollywood, part two -- "A sunny place for shady people" -- Coming under attack -- From Hoffa to Hollywood -- From Dutch Sandwiches to Dutch Reagan -- Airing dirty laundry and laundering dirty money -- Pursued by the Fourth Estate -- The true untouchables -- Legacies.
600 10 $aKorshak, Sidney Roy,$d1907-1996.
650 0 $aLawyers$zIllinois$zChicago$vBiography.
650 0 $aLawyers$zCalifornia$vBiography.
650 0 $aOrganized crime$zUnited States.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006015747-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006015747-d.html