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DOUBLE CROSS THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO CONTROLLED AMERICA
Published by MAcDONALD AND CO (PUBLISHERS) LTD,, LONDON & SYDNEY, 1992
ISBN 10: 0356208664ISBN 13: 9780356208664
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Hardcover. Condition: AS NEW CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD - PRICE CLIPPED. First Edition. 366 PAGES. THE DUST JACKET IS PRICE CLIPPED AND THERE IS A SMALL CLOSED TEAR OF THE JACKET AT THE BOTTON OF THE SPINE. THE BOOK IS IN AS NEW, TIGHT AND CLEAN, UNREAD CONDITION. THIS BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLENTIAL CRIME BOSSES IN AMERICAN HISTORY IS PROVIDED BY A YOUNGER BROTHER, CHUCK GIANCANA AND HIS SON. SAM GIANCANA, A NEPHEW AND GOD SON OF THE CRIME BOSS, SAM "MOONEY" GIANCANA. THE BOOK IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOB'S CONTROL OF A NATION THAT PORTRAYS LIFE WITHIN A "MAFIA" FAMILY. THERE ARE DISCLOSURES FROM INSIDERS THAT IMPLICATE THE OUTIT, OTHERWISE CALLED THE MOB, THE MAFIA, THE COSA NOSTRA AND THE SYNDICATE IN A STREAM OF ASSASSINATIONS, SCAMS, SCANDALS AND CRIMES. CHUCK GIANCANA WAS THE THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE CRIME BOSS, SAM :"MOONEY" GIANCANA., THE SON OF CHUCK GIANACANA, ALSO NAMED SAM GIANCANA, WAS THE GODSON OF SAM "MOONEY" GIANCANA. THE BIOGRAPHY DATES BACK TO SAM "MOONEY" GIANCANA'S DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD IN CHICAGO"S "LITTLE ITALY," HIS START IN A LIFE OF CRIME BEGAN IN CHICAGO'S "42 GANG," HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH AL CAPONE AND TO HIS LATER RELATIONS WITH THE CIA , THE PRESIDENT KENNEDY FAMILY IN WASHINTON, DC, THE McGUIRE SISTERS AND MANY OTHER HOLLYWOOD STARS, LAS VEGAS, CUBA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES. THIS BOOK IS A FASCINATING EXPOSE OF A CHICAGO CRIME BOSS AND HIS RISE TO POWER AND EVENTUA MURDER BY AN UNKNOWN CLOSE ASSOCIATE AND FRIEND ON JUNE 19, 1975. INCLUDED IS A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM THE "METRO" SECTION OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES OF JULY 30, 2004. THE ARTICLE IS BY KIMBERLY SPEIGH. THE ARTICLE IS TITLED "TV SERIES PLANNED ON MOB BOSS GIANCANA." THERE IS A B/W PHOTOGRAPH OF A DA-PPER SAM GIANCONA STROLLING DOWN JUDGE CAMPBELL'S COURTROOM CORRIDOR IN MAY 1965.SHORTLY BEFORE HIS MURDER. THERE IS A 2 nd NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES NEWSPAPER OF NOVEMBER 15, 2006 . THE TITLE IS ":MOMO" GIANCANA MAY BE ON BIG SCREEN AGAIN". THE ARTICLE STATES THAT THE BOOK "DOUBLE CROSS" IS TO BE ADAPTED FOR TELEVISION. THERE IS A SMALL PHOTOGRAPH OF SAM "MOMO" GIANCANA. THE ARTICLE. IS B Y "HOLLYWOOD REPORTER," Size: 6" X 9 3/8".
