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Gangsters, bootleggers, and bandits

by Schwartz, Heather E.,

Format: Print Book 2013
Availability: Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies

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CLP - Main Library Teen Department - Teen Non-Fiction HV6785.S387 2013
Location  CLP - Main Library
 
Collection  Teen Department - Teen Non-Fiction
 
Call Number  HV6785.S387 2013
 
 
Northland Public Library Children's Nonfiction J 364.1 SCH9
Location  Northland Public Library
 
Collection  Children's Nonfiction
 
Call Number  J 364.1 SCH9
 
 

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 Gillis: baby-faced gangster
Bonnie and Clyde: gangsters in love
Meyer Lansky: the mob's accountant
John Gotti: power-mad 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.
Additional Information
Series Shockzone. Villains.
Subjects Gangsters -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Gangsters -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Gangsters -- United States -- History.
Gangsters.
Publisher Minneapolis, MN :Lerner Publications Company,2013
Language English
Description 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.
ISBN 9781467706049 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1467706043 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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