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The murder of Sonny Liston

Las Vegas, heroin, and heavyweights

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An edition of The murder of Sonny Liston (2016)

The murder of Sonny Liston

Las Vegas, heroin, and heavyweights

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"A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days"--

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Subjects
African American boxers, Heroin, Biography, Boxers (Sports), History, African americans, biography, Boxers (sports), Nevada, history, Liston, sonny, 1932-1971, Organized crime, Boxing, Organized Crime, Sports, Death and burial, Biography: Sport
People
Sonny Liston (1932-1970)
Places
United States, Nevada, Las Vegas (Nev.), Las Vegas
Times
20th century

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Murder of Sonny Liston: A Story of Fame, Heroin, Boxing and Las Vegas
2017, Pan Macmillan
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The murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, heroin, and heavyweights
2016
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The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights
Oct 18, 2016, HighBridge Audio
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Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights
2016, Pan Macmillan, Macmillan
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Table of Contents

Part I : The Front Seat of Sonny's Pink Cadillac. Hello, '70s
Paradise
Lost Vegas
Shadow Boxing
Heroin Heights
The Bleeder
Part II : Love, American Style. Fabulous Las Vegas
Jonesing
"Better Wake Vic Damone"
Atlanta
Love, American Style
Stung
The Gutter
Part III : Confession. June 14, 1982
Suspect No. 1
The Wrong Grave.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.83092, B
Library of Congress
GV1132.L53 A88 2016, GV1132.L53A88 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
303 pages
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27218148M
Internet Archive
murderofsonnylis0000assa
ISBN 10
039916975X
ISBN 13
9780399169755
LCCN
2016016232
OCLC/WorldCat
913332378

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