Prohibition Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of a Bad Generation
Marc Mappen
Based on FBI and other government files, trial transcripts, and the latest scholarship, this book provides a lively narrative of shootouts, car chases, courtroom clashes, wire tapping and rub-outs in the 1920s, the 1930s, and beyond, acknowledging how the Prohibition generation-Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Dutch Schultz, among others-forever transformed organized crime from loosely associated gangs of the pre-Prohibition era into sophisticated, complex syndicates. It applies a generational perspecti.
Abstract: Based on government files, trial transcripts, and the latest scholarship, this book provides a lively narrative of shootouts, car chases, and clashes in the 1920s, the 1930s, and beyond, showing how the Prohibition generation--Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and others--forever transformed organized crime.
Abstract: Based on government files, trial transcripts, and the latest scholarship, this book provides a lively narrative of shootouts, car chases, and clashes in the 1920s, the 1930s, and beyond, showing how the Prohibition generation--Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and others--forever transformed organized crime.
Կատեգորիաներ:
Տարի:
2013
Հրատարակչություն:
Rutgers University Press
Լեզու:
english
Էջեր:
266
ISBN 10:
1461934982
ISBN 13:
9781461934981
Ֆայլ:
PDF, 1.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013