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Havana nocturne : how the mob owned Cuba-- and then lost it to the revolution / T.J. English. Cover Image Book Book

Havana nocturne : how the mob owned Cuba-- and then lost it to the revolution / T.J. English.

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  • ISBN: 9780061147715
  • ISBN: 0061147710
  • Physical Description: xx, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This book was originally published as The Havana mob in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Mainstream Publishing"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Feeling Lucky -- The mob's playground -- El Judio Maravilloso (the Marvelous Jew) -- Well-charactered people -- Razzle-dazzle -- The ghost of Jose Marti -- Gambler's paradise -- Arrivederci, Roma -- A bullet for El Presidente -- Carnival of flesh -- Tropical vengeance -- A handmade woman -- The sun almost rises -- "Get the money" -- Epilogue.
Subject: Mafia.
Organized crime.
Casinos.
Gambling.
Cuba.
Lansky, Meyer, 1902-1983.
Luciano, Lucky, 1897-1962.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Wyomissing.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Wyomissing Public Library 364.106 ENG (Text) 35012001101777 Non-fiction Available -


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