Bibliograph

Mickey Cohen, the life and crimes of L.A.'s notorious mobster, Tere Tereba

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Mickey Cohen, the life and crimes of L.A.'s notorious mobster, Tere Tereba

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mickey Cohen

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Tere Tereba

Sub title

the life and crimes of L.A.'s notorious mobster

Summary

The sensational tell-all biography of Hollywood's most infamous mob boss who dominated Los Angeles's underworld-and headlines-from the 1940s to the 1970s. When Bugsy Siegel was murdered in 1947, his henchman Mickey Cohen took over his criminal enterprise in Los Angeles. As charismatic as he was ruthless, Cohen attained so much power up until his death in 1976 that he was a regular above-the-fold newspaper name, with more than one thousand front-pages in LA papers alone. His story is inextricably intertwined with the history of the city of angels. Mickey Cohen is a seductive tale of Hollywood true crime history with a wildly eccentric mob boss at its center. Biographer Tere Tereba delivers tales of high life, high drama, and highly placed politicians-among them Robert F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon-as well as revelations about countless icons, including Shirley Temple, Lana Turner, Frank Sinatra, and even Rev. Billy Graham. Meticulously researched, this rich tapestry presents a complete look at the mid-twentieth century Los Angeles underworld

Target audience

adult

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