“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