GANGSTERS, SWINDLERS, KILLERS, AND THIEVES by Block, Lawrence

GANGSTERS, SWINDLERS, KILLERS, AND THIEVES
by Block, Lawrence
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A virtual rogues' gallery of criminals, which includes illustrations and a detailed index. Perhaps the strength of the book is that it covers so much territory, especially in the area of organized crime--which also involves those who had a hand in legal and illegal gambling. Who are they? Al Capone, Frankie Carbo, Mickey Cohen, Joe Colombo, Frank Costello, Carlo Gambino, Vito Genovese, Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano, Owney Madden, Arnold Rothstein, Dutch Schultz, Bugsy Siegel and Joe Valachi. Here you get four or five pages on each individuals with full-page photos for most. For those who have a yen for knowledge about villains of the Old West, the author includes Billy the Kid, Black Bart, Butch Cassidy, Bob Dalton, Bill Doolin, John Wesley Hardin, Tom Horn, Jesse James, William Quantrill, Belle Starr and Cole Younger. Bank robbers Willie Sutton, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger also earn space in the work Look at Block's book like a mini-encyclopedia, a quick reference guide to the notorious. It's a quick and fast-moving read. 287 pages, hardbound, May, 2004.

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