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Gangsters, bootleggers, and bandits / Heather E. Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Heather E., author.
- Series:
- Shockzone. Villains.
- ShockZone. villains
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangsters--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
- Gangsters.
- Gangsters--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Robbery, smuggling, gambling--gangsters did it all. Find out the true stories of the United States' most feared hoodlums and mob bosses. Learn how a two-bit car thief built a criminal empire--and how the mob's top man wound up in prison. Are you bold enough to read on?
- Contents:
- Al Capone: Chicago's Scarface
- Lester M. Gillis: baby-faced gangster
- Bonnie and Clyde: gangsters in love
- Meyer Lansky: the mob's accountant
- John Gotti: modern mobster
- Stephanie St. Clair: Harlem hoodlum
- Vincent Gigante: criminal con man
- Charles Arthur Floyd: pretty tough guy
- Salvatore Lucania: lucky lawbreaker
- Joseph Bonanno: criminal climber
- Sammy Gravano: infamous frenemy.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4677-1031-8
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