American Dictators: Frank Hague, Nucky Johnson, and the Perfection of the Urban Political Machine

by Steven Hart

Book Overview

One man was tongue-tied and awkward around women, in many ways a mama's boy at heart, although his reputation for thuggery was well earned. The other was a playboy, full of easy charm and ready jokes, his appetite for high living a matter of public record. One man tolerated gangsters and bootleggers as long as they paid their dues to his organization. The other was effectively a gangster himself, so crooked that he hosted a national gathering of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813562139
• ISBN13: 9780813562131
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Rivergate Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"