By Tere Tereba
This biography of star gangster Mickey Cohen digs earlier the sensational headlines to carry a outstanding tale of a guy who captivated, corrupted, and terrorized la for a generation.
When Bugsy Siegel was once murdered, his henchman Mickey Cohen took over the criminality in la. Mickey Cohen attained such energy and dominance from the past due Forties until eventually 1976 that he was once a standard above-the-fold newspaper identify, amassing a amazing count number of greater than 1,000 front-pages in l. a. papers by myself, and was once featured in countless numbers of articles in nationwide and overseas periodicals. His tale and the background of mid-century L.A. are inextricably intertwined.
Mickey Cohen is a seductive, premium-octane mixture of real crime and Hollywood that spins round a wildly eccentric mob boss. writer Tere Tereba promises stories of excessive existence, excessive drama, and hugely put politicians, between them RFK and Richard Nixon, in addition to revelations approximately numerous icons,...
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Dramatic change would not happen until decades later, when in 1876 the Southern Pacific Railroad transformed the geographically isolated cow town. With the opening of the railroad, commerce began to flourish, making Los Angeles a viable destination for tourists and settlers. Then oil was discovered. With people flooding the area, real estate development and speculation took off. Located eight miles west of downtown, Hollywood was one of scores of new hamlets that sprang up in the patchwork of empty land, orange groves, and oil and bean fields that defined the sprawling, yet sparsely populated, city of Los Angeles.
Movies were the fifth-largest industry in the country, and it was a banner year for film attendance. Landmark Technicolor productions The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind were in development, while Walt Disney had already achieved great success with Snow White, the first Technicolor animated feature. On a mission to gain control of the richest, most hedonistic territory in the land, Bugsy Siegel put Mickey Cohen to work. Using his fists and guns, the fiery young Angeleno began raiding the protected gambling clubs and brothels controlled by local racketeers.
A relative of Tommy Lucchese, boss of one of New York’s five crime families instituted by Lucky Luciano in 1931, Dragna’s blood ties assured him a prime spot in the new underworld order. With Johnny Rosselli, a smooth friend representing the Chicago outfit, he began his move beyond the Italian community during the era of Mayor Shaw. A. region learned that revolution was in the air. For the first time, the Angelenos had a real gangster in their midst. Bugsy Siegel and Hollywood — perfect casting.
