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Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America

by Sam Giancana, Chuck Giancana · 1992 · 495 pages

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Brutally violent and ruthlessly ambitious, Sam Giancana started as a hitman for Al Capone, then clawed his way to the top of the Mafia hierarchy. This book looks at the life of one of America's most notorious gangsters.

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Subject
true crimebiographyhistory
Genre
crime
Themes
mafia
Setting
20th centurychicagocubafloridalouisiana
Audience
adult
Length
long · 495 pages

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