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Authors: Tim Newark
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Lieutenant Commander Charles Radcliffe Haffenden was in charge of the U.S. Naval Intelligence operation that used Luciano and his Mob associates to protect the East Coast against German saboteurs. HERLANDS INVESTIGATION
Bugsy Siegel, close friend of Luciano, was killed by the Mob in his Beverly Hills mansion in 1947, for misusing their funds in Las Vegas. NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM & SUN NEWSPAPER COLLECTION/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Don Calogero Vizzini was a leading Mafioso in Sicily and was associated with Luciano during the first years of his exile in Italy. AUTHOR’S COLLECTION
The Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes in Palermo was the smartest hotel in Sicily in 1947 and was the favorite place for Luciano to stay when he was on the island. It later hosted an infamous meeting of Mafiosi in 1957 to organize the illicit transatlantic narcotics trade. AUTHOR’S COLLECTION
The legend begins—pulpfiction–style cover of
The Luciano Story,
first biography of the mobster, published in 1955. AUTHOR’S COLLECTION
The Luciano Story,
first biography of the mobster, published in 1955. AUTHOR’S COLLECTION
BOARDWALK GANGSTER. Copyright © 2010 by Tim Newark. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
Originally published in hardcover format as
Lucky Luciano
Lucky Luciano
Design by Meryl Sussman Levavi
eISBN 9781429960779
First eBook Edition : August 2011
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Newark, Timothy.
Lucky Luciano : the real and the fake gangster / Tim Newark.—1st ed. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-312-60182-9
1. Luciano, Lucky, 1897–1962. 2. Criminals—New York (State)—New York—Biography. 3. Organized crime—New York (State)—New York. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Italy—Sicily. 5. Mafia—United States—History—20th century. 6. Mafia—Italy—Sicily—History—20th century. I. Title.
HV6248.L92N49 2010
364.1092—dc22
[B]
2010021686
ISBN 978-1-250-00264-8 (trade paperback)
First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: September 2011
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