Murder Inc: The Story of 'The Syndicate'

Murder Inc: The Story of 'The Syndicate'

About/SubjectMafia: American, Mafia: Jewish, Albert Anastasia, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Louis Capone, Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss, Harry "Happy" Maione, Frank "The Dasher" Abbandando, Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein, Charlie "The Bug" Workman, Abraham "Kid Twist" Reles, Murder Incorporated
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Young, Inc.
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationThe United States of America
Copyright1951
First Hardback Printing1951
This Impression1952-04
Pages / Font498 pages
Impression/Printing No.First Printing November 1951
Impression/Printing No.Second Printing November 1951
Impression/Printing No.Third Printing January 1952
Impression/Printing No.Fourth Printing April 1952
ChaptersContents Introduction: xi Chapter One: Don't blame it all on Brooklyn. Page 3 Chapter Two: A full mooner starts a chain reaction. Page 23 Chapter Three: Song of murder on a holy day. Page 51 Chapter Four: National crime: a cartel. Page 74 Chapter Five: Out of a rape, a murder mob. Page 107 Chapter Six: The almost-assassination of Thomas E. Dewey. Page 128 Chapter Seven: A war of extermination backfires. Page 152 Chapter Eight: Ladies' night in Murder, Inc. Page 191 Chapter Nine: Score one and two for the law. Page 216 Chapter Ten: Horace Greeley never meant this. Page 264 Chapter Eleven: Mr. Arsenic gets his name—and two more. Page 295 Chapter Twelve: Sociology's stillbirth: the king of the rackets. Page 331 Chapter Thirteen: They all make one mistake. Page 363 Chapter Fourteen: The man who might have been president. Page 408 Chapter Fifteen: The canary sang—but couldn't fly. Page 435 Chapter Sixteen: The one that got away. Page 459 Appendix: Page 494
NotesThis copy is a hardcover, with dust jacket, from 1952. It is a stated fourth printing. I am guessing it is a first edition. Other than stating a fourth printing it has no other identifiers. No barcode, or ISBN.
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