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L.A. noir the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city  Cover Image E-book E-book

L.A. noir the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city

Buntin, John. (Author).

Summary: A journalist and case writer presents a social history of Los Angeles, from Prohibition to the Watts riots, focusing on the long-running war between notorious gangster Mickey Cohen, and the man who would become the city's most famous police chief, William H. Parker.

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  • ISBN: 9780307459855 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
  • ISBN: 0307459853 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    p. cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, 2009.

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Subject: Organized crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
Cohen, Mickey -- 1914-1976
Parker, William H. (William Henry) -- 1902-1966
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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