“This is Mickey Cohen! Inside and Out! The most comprehensive biography ever written about Hollywood’s bantam gangster. Bradley Lewis gives us the complete story of the most famous West Coast mobster in history, complete with his ties to the underworld hierarchy across the United States. Lewis shows us multiple sides of Cohen and for the first time gives us a clear understanding of his far-reaching influence, separating fact from fiction along the way.” -----Allan R. May, AmericanMafia.com



CONTENTS 

 PROLOGUE                                                                          5                                         

                  Part One 

   FROM BROOKLYN TO LOS ANGELES (1913-1938) 
    

1 ONCE UPON A TIME IN BOYLE HEIGHTS           13

 2 NOT SO FAMOUS JEWISH BOXERS                               21  

 3 TINSEL TOWN                     30                                                                                                                                               

                     Part Two

      HEADLINERS:  MICKEY AND BUGSY (1938-1947) 

 4 SETTING UP SHOP                                          40

 5 THE JEWS RETURN TO THE DESERT               59

6 GOODBYE BUGSY                                             76

 7 HELLO MICKEY                                                82

                   Part Three

     MICKEY, THE CELEBRITY (1947-1955)                            

 8 THE FUNDRAISER                                             91

9 THE VIRTUOSO                                                 98

10 MICKEY AND THE SEVEN DWARFS                111

11 SHOOTOUT ON THE SUNSET STRIP              128

12 MORE VICECAPADES                                    140

13 BAD BOY MICKEY                                          150

14 FEDERAL HEAT                                              164

15 SHOWTIME                                                    177

16 THE FIGHTER STUMBLES                              189

 17 EXTENDED VACATION BY THE BAY              202

                    Part Four

     MICKEY REDUX (1955-1967)

18 STARTING OVER                                          210

 19 PRIME TIME MICKEY                                   226

 20 THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS    239

 21 WHO DUNNIT?                                            248

22 I WANT TO BE IN PICTURES                        258

23 ANOTHER KNOCKDOWN                              266

24 MICKEY’S WORLD                                       275

25 LET’S GET MICKEY                                      288 

26 TIME OUT FOR POLITICS                            294

27 DOWN FOR THE COUNT                              301                                                        

28 STRIPES BUT NO STARS                            314

                   Part Five

      THE SURVIVOR (1967-1976)

29 THINGS CHANGE                                      333

30 MICKEY’S BACK IN TOWN                        339

31 MICKEY, THE ELDER STATESMAN            348

32 THE LAST ROUND                                     354

 EPILOGUE                                                    363

 CHAPTER NOTES                                          368

 MICKEY COHEN HEADLINES                          440

 JEWISH MOB DEATHS                                   441

 BIBLIOGRAPHY                                             443