Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life
| About/Subject | Mafia: American, Mafia: Jewish, Charley "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Prohibition |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | The United States of America |
| Copyright | 1991 |
| First Hardback Printing | 1991 |
| First Printing | 1991 |
| This Edition Published | 1991 |
| Pages / Font | 547 pages |
| Barcode | 9-780316-511681 |
| ISBN | 0-316-51168-4 |
| Edition No. | 1st |
| Impression/Printing No. | 2nd |
| Chapters | Contents Godfather, Retired. Page 3 Part One — The Gangster Life Chapter One: "Little Child, Close Your Eyes. If God Will, You'll Be a Rabbi". Page 15 Chapter Two: Growing Up on Grand Street. Page 26 Chapter Three: "A Gray Rat, Waiting for His Cheese". Page 44 Chapter Four: "There Was Never Anything We Wanted". Page 68 Chapter Five: "Gambling Pulls at the Core of a Man". Page 79 Chapter Six: The Carpet Joints. Page 97 Chapter Seven: "I'll Help You. It's Patriotism". Page 112 Chapter Eight: "Maybe It Was My Fault". Page 129 Chapter Nine: "Benny Siegel . . . He Knocked Out Plenty". Page 140 Chapter Ten: "I Don't Sail Under No False Colors". Page 160 Part Two — The Chairman of the Board Chapter Eleven: "Haven't You Ever Said to Yourself, 'I Hate the Hellish Business'?". Page 183 Chapter Twelve: "Do You Notice Anything Funny About Marvin?". Page 208 Chapter Thirteen: Dance of the Millions. Page 223 Chapter Fourteen: "I Crapped Out". Page 238 Chapter Fifteen: "This Little Man — What Could He Do to You?". Page 260 Chapter Sixteen: "Bigger Than U.S. Steel". Page 282 Chapter Seventeen: Three Hundred Million Dollars. Page 302 Chapter Eighteen: Sanctuary in Zion. Page 324 Chapter Nineteen: "A Jew Has a Slim Chance in the World". Page 351 Chapter Twenty: "The Biggest Damn Crook in the Whole Wide World". Page 366 Chapter Twenty-One: "Shalom, Meyer . . .". Page 385 Chapter Twenty-Two: A Legend in His Lifetime. Page 401 Chapter Twenty-Three: "If There's a Life After Death . . .". Page 422 Author's Note and Acknowledgements: Page 441 Source Notes: Page 449 Bibliography: Page 515 Index: Page 529 |
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