“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 |