Gangsters of Miami : True Tales of Mobsters, Gamblers, Hit Men, con Men and Gang Bangers from the Magic City,9781569803684

Gangsters of Miami : True Tales of Mobsters, Gamblers, Hit Men, con Men and Gang Bangers from the Magic City

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781569803684
ISBN10: 1569803684
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-11-30
Publisher(s): Barricade Books Inc
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Summary

From an award-winning author of true crime comes a well-researched chronicle of crime in one of America's most exciting and edgy cities. Known as the Magic City, Miami has been home to notorious smugglers of the prohibition era, famous mobsters such as Al Capone and Lyer Lansky, the Cuban Mafia, the Colombian cartel, the Russian Mafia and the many current street gangs that have come to plague Miami after the advent of crack cocaine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Prologue: The King of Thunderboat Rowp. ix
Beginningsp. i
The Leakiest Spot in Americap. 17
Scarface in Paradisep. 35
Casino Royalep. 55
The Cuban Mafiap. 77
High Timesp. 103
Cocaine Centralp. 125
Follow the Moneyp. 147
Gangsters in Bluep. 167
Murder on Thunderboat Rowp. 187
Operation Cornerstonep. 207
The Russians Are Comingp. 229
Gang Bangersp. 251
True Crimesp. 271
Epiloguep. 293
Bibliographyp. 301
Indexp. 321
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