Boardwalk Gangster (33 page)

Authors: Tim Newark

BOOK: Boardwalk Gangster

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Lieutenant Commander Charles Radcliffe Haffenden was in charge of the U.S. Naval Intelligence operation that used Luciano and his Mob associates to protect the East Coast against German saboteurs. HERLANDS INVESTIGATION

Bugsy Siegel, close friend of Luciano, was killed by the Mob in his Beverly Hills mansion in 1947, for misusing their funds in Las Vegas. NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM & SUN NEWSPAPER COLLECTION/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Don Calogero Vizzini was a leading Mafioso in Sicily and was associated with Luciano during the first years of his exile in Italy. AUTHOR’S COLLECTION

The Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes in Palermo was the smartest hotel in Sicily in 1947 and was the favorite place for Luciano to stay when he was on the island. It later hosted an infamous meeting of Mafiosi in 1957 to organize the illicit transatlantic narcotics trade. AUTHOR’S COLLECTION

The legend begins—pulpfiction–style cover of
The Luciano Story,
first biography of the mobster, published in 1955. AUTHOR’S COLLECTION

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Originally published in hardcover format as
Lucky Luciano

Design by Meryl Sussman Levavi

eISBN 9781429960779

First eBook Edition : August 2011

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Newark, Timothy.

Lucky Luciano : the real and the fake gangster / Tim Newark.—1st ed. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-312-60182-9

1. Luciano, Lucky, 1897–1962. 2. Criminals—New York (State)—New York—Biography. 3. Organized crime—New York (State)—New York. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Italy—Sicily. 5. Mafia—United States—History—20th century. 6. Mafia—Italy—Sicily—History—20th century. I. Title.

HV6248.L92N49 2010

364.1092—dc22

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2010021686

ISBN 978-1-250-00264-8 (trade paperback)

First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: September 2011