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The Execution of Officer Becker: The Murder of a Gambler, The Trial of a Cop, and the Birth of Organized Crime
The Execution of Officer Becker The Murder of a Gambler The Trial of a Cop and the Birth of Organized Crime
Author: Stanley Cohen
A small-time gambler shot dead in the heart of Times Square. Gangland gunmen and conspirators running for cover. A cop on the take charged with murder and facing execution. New York in 1912, a city in transformation. Award-winning journalist and author Stanley Cohen has re-created the infamous Becker-Rosenthal affair in a book that reads like a ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786720309
ISBN-10: 0786720301
Publication Date: 12/7/2007
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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