This book takes scholarship on Luciano to a new level. Topics include the complex structure of the New York City bordellos and the takeover, his role in the expansion of he international heroin trade, and the shocking attempt to frame sexually a member of prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey's staff in a desperate bid to overturn Luciano's conviction--Provided by publisher.
This book takes scholarship on Luciano to a new level. Topics include the complex structure of the New York City bordellos and the takeover, his role ...
American film favorite Thelma Todd was much more than the beautiful blonde of the 1930s who played opposite Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers. Todd's tragic death transformed her into an icon of Hollywood mystery: The photograph of the 30-year-old actress slumped in her luxurious Lincoln Phaeton shocked fans in 1935. How did she die? Was it murder, suicide, or an accident? This definitive biography covers a fascinating era in Hollywood history. In the course of his exhaustive research, the author interviewed Todd's cousins Bill and Edna Todd, as well as such friends and...
American film favorite Thelma Todd was much more than the beautiful blonde of the 1930s who played opposite Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and the Ma...
