Syndicate Abroad - Softcover

Messick, Hank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1948986353 ISBN 13: 9781948986359

Publisher: Commonwealth Book Company, Inc., 2021

Synopsis

In another installment in his series on the organized crime Syndicate run by Meyer Lansky, investigative reporter Hank Messick details how the group moved its operations into the Bahamas following the Cuban Revolution. Relying more on moxie than muscle, and the bribe than violence, the Syndicate worked itself into Bahamian banks, board rooms, and the halls of political power. Ultimately, Lansky and his boys helped establish modern casino gambling in the Bahamas, which funneled American tourist cash into Syndicate coffers.

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About the Author

Hank Messick (1922-1999) was born in Happy Valley, NC, and educated at the University of North Carolina and the University of Iowa. He began his investigative journalism career in western North Carolina and in 1956 began working at the Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky's largest newspaper. For the next several years Hank investigated and reported on the Newport, Kentucky, vice industry. He later worked for the Miami Herald and the Boston Traveler, also investigating organized crime and corruption in those communities. After 1967 he wrote full time, authoring 19 books, mostly about organized crime and its influences in American life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Commonwealth Book Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1948986353
• ISBN 13: 9781948986359
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258