Bugsy Siegel the dark side of the American dream

In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906-1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill-gotten riches, from an early-twentieth-century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas. In this captivating por...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shnayerson, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven Yale University Press [2021]
Colección:Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
Temas:
Siegel, Bugsy, > 1906-1947.
Siegel, Bugsy, > 1906-1947
Gangsters > United States > Biography.
Organized crime > United States.
Jews > Europe > Migrations.
Gangsters > États-Unis > Biographies.
Crime organisé > États-Unis.
Juifs > Europe > Migrations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Criminals & Outlaws.
Jews > Migrations
Gangsters
Organized crime
Strip (Las Vegas, Nev.) > History.
Europe
Nevada > Las Vegas Strip
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Lure of the Streets
  • 2. Marriage and Murder
  • 3. Sportsman in Paradise
  • 4. The Masterminds of Murder Inc.
  • 5. Going After Big Greenie
  • 6. The Flamingo
  • 7. The Start of an Ill-Starred Romance
  • 8. Bugsy Takes Charge
  • 9. His Every Red Cent at Risk
  • 10. The Flamingo's First Flight
  • 11. Time Runs Out
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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