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organized crime info at Fraud Watcher Network
books about the Mafia at Amazon.com
gangster movies VHS catalog at Amazon.com
gangster movies DVD catalog at Amazon.com
gangster movies category at AllPosters
The Gangster Museum of America in Hot Springs, AR
Books About Gangsters
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"Mobsters, Unions and Feds: The Mafia & The American Labor Movement" [2006] by James B. Jacobs NY Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2006] for $20.76 |
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"Mobsters and Gangsters: Organized Crime In America From Al Capone To Tony Soprano" [2002] Edited by Life Magazine TimeLife 11.2x9¼ hardcover 11/2002] for $13.97 |
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"Gangland International: The Mafia & Other Mobs" [2002] by James Morton Little, Brown pb [8/2002] for $9.95 |
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"The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld In The Shaping of Modern America" [2002] by Gus Russo Bloomsbury USA 8.4x5½ pb [4/2003] for $13.97 Bloomsbury USA 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2002] for $24.50 |
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"Inventing The Public Enemy: The Gangster In American Culture, 1918-1934" [1996] by David E. Ruth Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [4/96] for $20.00 Univ Chicago Press hardcover [4/96] for $47.50 |
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"The Mafia Encyclopedia" [orig 1987; 3rd edition 2005] by Carl Sifakis Checkmark 11x8½ pb [6/2005] for $14.93 Checkmark 11¼x8½ hardcover [6/2005] for $65.00 |
Books About Gangster Movies
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"American Gangster Cinema: From Little Caesar to Pulp Fiction" [2003] by Fran Mason Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x5½ pb [2/2003] for $28.70 Palgrave Macmillan 9x5¾ hardcover [2/2003] for $105.00 |
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"Warners Wiseguys: All 112 Films That Robinson, Cagney & Bogart Made For The Studio" [2007] by Scott Allen Nollen McFarland & Co. 10x7¾ hardcover [11/2007] for $55.00 |
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"Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide To The Great Crime Movies" [2006] by Howard Hughes I.B. Tauris 9½x8½ pb [8/2006] for $22.50 films covered include "The Asphalt Jungle" [1950] directed by John Huston; "The Big Combo" [1955]; "Bonnie and Clyde" [1967]; "Chinatown" [1974]; "Dirty Harry" [1971] starring Clint Eastwood; "Get Carter" [1971]; Francis Coppola's "The Godfather" [1972]; "GoodFellas" [1990] directed by Martin Scorsese; "High Sierra" [1941] starring Humphrey Bogart; Mickey Spillane's "Kiss Me Deadly" [1955]; James Ellroy's "L.A. Confidential" [1997]; "Le Samouraï" [1967] directed by Jean-Pierre Melville; "Lethal Weapon" [1987]; "Little Caesar" [1931] starring Edward G. Robinson; "The Maltese Falcon" [1941] starring Humphrey Bogart; "Ocean’s Eleven" [2001] starring George Clooney; James Bond "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" [1969]; "Once Upon A Time In America" [1984] directed by Sergio Leone; "Point Blank" [1967] starring Lee Marvin; "The Public Enemy" [1931] starring James Cagney; Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" [1994]; "Shaft" [1971] starring Richard Roundtree; and "White Heat" [1949] starring James Cagney |
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"Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To The Sopranos" [2004] by John McCarty Da Capo Press 9¼x6¼ pb [5/2005] for $14.00 Da Capo Press 9¼x6frac12 hardcover [6/2004] out of print/used |
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"Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film" [orig 1979, revised 2003] by Jack Shadoian Films discussed include: "Little Caesar" [1930]; "The Public Enemy" [1931]; "High Sierra" [1941]; "The Killers" [1946]; "Kiss of Death" [1947]; "Force of Evil" [1947]; "Gun Crazy" [1949]; "D.O.A." [1949]; "White Heat" [1949]; Sam Fuller's "Pickup On South Street" [1953]; "99 River Street" [1953]; "The Phoenix City Story" [1955]; "Bonnie and Clyde" [1967]; "Point Blank" [1967]; "The Godfather" [1972]; and "Godfather II" [1975] Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [1/2003] for $29.95 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2003] for $99.00 |
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"The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: The Gangster Film" [1998] Edited by Phil Hardy Overlook 11½x9¼ pb [12/98] for $45.00 Overlook 12x9½ hardcover [10/98] for $65.00 |
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"Crime Movie Posters" [1997] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [10/97] for $20.00 |
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"Crime Movies: An Illustrated History of The Gangster Genre From D.W. Griffith To Pulp Fiction" [orig 1980, rev 1997] by Carlos Clarens, updated by Foster Hirsch Perseus / Da Capo 9x6 pb [4/97] out of print/used |
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"The Great Gangster Pictures" [1976] by James Robert Parish Scarecrow hardcover [5/76] out of stock/used "The Great Gangster Pictures II" [1987] |
Gangster Movies
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"Warner Gangsters Collection - Volume 1" [2008] 
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [3/2008] 6 disks - pre-order for $51.69 "Warner Bros. Gangsters Collection" [2005] Warner b&w DVD set [1/2005] 6 disks for $56.99 either box set includes: "Angels With Dirty Faces" [1938] starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids & Pat O'Brien; "Little Caesar" [1931] starring Edward G. Robinson & Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; "The Petrified Forest" [1936] starring Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard & Bette Davis; "The Public Enemy" [1931] starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow & Edward Woods; "The Roaring Twenties" [1939] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn & Priscilla Lane; and "White Heat" [1949] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly & Virginia Mayo |
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"Warner Gangsters Collection - Volume 2" [2008]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [3/2008] 6 disks - pre-order for $44.99 includes "A Slight Case of Murder" [1938] starring Edward G. Robinson; "Bullets or Ballots" [1936] starring Edward G. Robinson & Humphrey Bogart; "City for Conquest" [1940] starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan & Arthur Kennedy; "Each Dawn I Die" [1939] starring James Cagney & George Raft; "G Men" [1935] starring James Cagney ; and "San Quentin" [1937] starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan |
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Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [3/2008] 6 disks - pre-order for $44.99 includes "Black Legion" [1937] starring Humphrey Bogart & Dick Foran; "Brother Orchid" [1940] starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern & Humphrey Bogart; "Lady Killer" [1933] starring James Cagney & Mae Clarke; "The Mayor of Hell" [1933] starring James Cagney & Madge Evans; "Picture Snatcher" [1933] starring James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy & Patricia Ellis; and "Smart Money" [1931] starring Edward G. Robinson & James Cagney |
"American Gangster" [Imagine Nov 2007]
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The true story of the 1970s heroin trade in New York City's Harlem, and the police detective who put Frank Lucas in jail for 70 years.
Co-produced & directed by Ridley Scott; written & co-produced by Steven Zaillian, based on an article by Mark Jacobson; starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, 'RZA', John Ortiz, John Hawkes, Ted Levine, Yul Vazquez & Carla Gugino
Universal Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [2/2008] 2 disks for $19.99 
Universal Deluxe Edition widescreen color DVD [2/2008] 3 disks for $27.99
full credits from IMDb official movie site {Flash only} novelization by Max Allen Collins
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"American Gangster and Other Tales of New York" [2007] by Mark Jacobson Grove Press pb [10/2007] for $11.20 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [10/2007] for $45.36 |
"The Bank Job" [LionsGate / Arclight March 2008]
full credits from IMDb
"Bugsy Malone" [RSO/Paramount 1976]
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A parody of gangster films: subteen kids dressed up in pinstripe suits and flapper dresses, shooting 'splurge' guns, driving pedal cars, and dancing – this is a musical!
Written & directed by Alan Parker; starring Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi & Martin Lev
DVD not available for Region 1 Paramount color VHS [2/96] for $13.99 Musicrama soundtrack CD [1/98] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight"
[M.G.M. Dec 1971]
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An Italian bicycle racer lost in New York City runs afoul of an inept faction of the Mafia, and goes into hiding as a priest.
Directed by James Goldstone; script by [blacklistee] Waldo Salt, based on the Jimmy Breslin novel; starring Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro, Irving Selbst, Hervé Villechaize, Burt Young & Jackie Vernon
Warner widescreen color DVD [6/2006] for $17.99 M.G.M./Turner color VHS [2/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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based on the 1969 Jimmy Breslin novel
Back Bay Books 8¼x5½ pb [9/97] for $17.99 Penguin pb [9/87] out of print/used Viking hardcover [1/69] out of print/used |
'Godfather Saga' Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"Goodfellas" [Warner Bros. Sept 1990]
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Co-written & directed by Martin Scorsese; co-written by Nicholas Pileggi, based on his book; starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco & Paul Sorvino; nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture, Director & Best Script, won for Best Actor (Pesci); listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005)
Warner widescreen DVD [8/97] for $18.74 Warner color VHS [6/2002] for $13.74 Atlantic soundtrack audio [7/91] for $5.68 Atlantic soundtrack CD [10/90] for $11.98 full credits at IMDb b&w foursome 24"x36" poster from Amazon for $7.99 color threesome 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"Wise Guy: Life In A Mafia Family" [1986] by Nicholas Pileggi Pocket mass pb [9/90] for $7.99 Pocket pb [2/87] out of print/used S&S hardcover [1/86] out of print/used screenplay [1990] by Martin Scorsese & Nicholas Pileggi Faber & Faber 8½x5¼ pb [11/90] for $11.66 |
"Little Caesar" [First National Jan 1931]
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Directed by Mervyn LeRoy; starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Stanley Fields & Maurice Black; listed in National Film Registry (2000)
Warner b&w VHS [5/97] for $19.98 full credits from IMDb color 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"Little Caesar" [Doubleday 1929] by W.R. Burnett
Carroll & Graf pb [7/86] out of print/used Aeonian hardcover [10/85] for $20.95 Otto Penzler facsimile hardcover [7/96] for $39.95 |
"Miller's Crossing" [Fox Sept 1990]
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The anti-hero works for an Irish mob boss in the 1930s; when he is thrown out for sleeping with the boss's girlfriend, he joins the rival gang.
Directed by Joel Coen; co-written by Joel & Ethan Coen, based on the 1929 novel "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]; starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro & Marcia Gay Harden; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Fox widescreen DVD [5/2003] for $14.99 Fox color VHS [1/93] for $9.98 Varese soundtrack CD [10/90] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"Once Upon A Time In America"
[Warner/Embassy Feb 1984]
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Epic tale of Jewish gangsters in New York, from the loyalties of youth to the rivalries & tragedies of later life.
Directed by Sergio Leone; starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Joe Pesci, Burt Young & Danny Aiello; music by Ennio Morricone; won 2 BAFTA Awards
Warner color VHS [11/89] 2 tapes for $29.97 Warner widescreen DVD [6/2003] 2 disks for $19.97 BMG Intl. audio CD [1/99] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 book about the film by Adrian R. Martin British Film Institute 7½x5¼ pb [8/98] for $10.36 |
"Portrait of A Mobster"
[Warner April 1961]
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A melodrama about the rise and fall of New York City mobster 'Dutch' Schultz [1902-35]. Directed by Joseph Pevney; music by Max Steiner; starring Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck, Norman Alden, Robert McQueeney, Ken Lynch, Frank DeKova, Stephen Roberts, Joseph Gallison & Ray Danton video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb 14"x11" poster from Amazon for $9.99 based on the novel by Harry Grey Signet mass pb [1/61] out of print/used Buccaneer Books hardcover [12/92] out of print/used |
"Road To Perdition"
[DreamWorks/Fox July 2002]
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Directed by Sam Mendes; based on the graphic novel {below}; starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig & Tyler Hoechlin; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Newman), Best Cinema- tography, 4 more; also 3 BAFTA noms
Universal color VHS [8/2003] for $14.99 Universal color DVD [2/2003] for $20.24 Universal widescreen DVD [2/2003] for $20.24 Universal soundtrack CD [6/2002] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb DreamWorks official website threesome 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"Road to Perdition" [graphic novel; 1998] written by Max Allan Collins, art by Richard Rayner Onyx pb [6/2002] for $6.99 Pocket 8x5½ pb [7/2002] for $11.20 Monarch / DC pb [5/98] out of print/used |
"Scarface"
"Scarface" Deluxe Gift Set of both 1932 & 1983 versions
Universal b&w/color DVD [9/2003] 2 disks for $48.99
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"Scarface" [Universal Dec 1983]
Color remake: The rise & fall of Cuban ganglord Tony Montana in 1980's Miami. Directed by Brian De Palma; starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia & F. Murray Abraham Universal widescreen color DVD [10/2006] 2 disks for $20.49 Universal color VHS [3/88] 2 tapes - out of stock/used Universal widescreen VHS [2/2000] 2 tapes - out of stock/used full credits from IMDb black/white 24"x36" poster from Amazon for $10.00 |
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"Scarface: The Shame of A Nation" [United Artists March 1932; re-released 1979] B&W version: The rise & fall of Italian ganglord Tony Camonte in Chicago, circa 1930. Co-produced by Howard Hughes; directed by Howard Hawks & Richard Rosson; script by Ben Hecht, W.R. Burnett & others; starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Osgood Perkins & George Raft; listed at National Film Registry (1994) Universal b&w VHS [4/90] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Lords of The Mafia" [PBS miniseries May 2000]
Koch Vision VHS box set [9/2001] 7 tapes for $61.98 |
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"Mafia: The History of The Mob In America" [A&E miniseries]
A&E Home Video VHS [4/2001] 4 tapes for $13.46 A&E Home Video DVD [4/2001] 2 disks for $13.46 |
The Bad Guys
Al Capone [1899-1947]
MG's online 'Al Capone Museum'
Capone webpages at Dark Horse Crime Library
Al Capone entry at Wikipedia
Mickey Cohen & Jack Dragna
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"The King of The Sunset Strip: Hangin' With Mickey Cohen & The Hollywood Mob" [2006] by Steve Stevens & Craig Lockwood Cumberland House 9x6½ pb [4/2006] for $16.47 |
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano [1897-1962]
Frank Nitti
Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel [1906-1947]
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"Bugsy" [Baltimore/TriStar Dec 1991]
Directed by Barry Levinson; starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna & Richard C. Sarafian; nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, won for Best Art Direction, Best Costumes Columbia/TriStar widescreen DVD [5/2001] for $13.46 Columbia/TriStar VHS [5/2001] for $9.95 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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real-life Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel portrait 22"x34" poster available at AllPosters.com |
Independent Bad Guys
Bonnie & Clyde
John Dillinger [1902-34] minipage
The Good Guys
free online episodes of "Gangbusters" radio program
Eliot Ness & The Untouchables
Federal agent Elliott Ness assembled a team to battle Chicago gang boss Al Capone.
AG's 'Untouchables' fansite
"Untouchables" covers at Comic Book Archive
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"The Untouchables" [Messner 1957] by Elliott Ness, with Oscar Fraley Pocket pb [5/93] out of print/used Amereon hardcover [6/76] for $21.95 Buccaneer 9x6 hardcover [2/96] for $27.95 |
"The Scarface Mob" 2-part pilot for the TV series [Desilu April 1959]
Starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness, Bruce Gordon as Frank Nitti,
Neville Brand as Al Capone, with staccato narration by Walter Winchell
Paramount b&w VHS [4/86] out of prodn.used •
full credits from IMDb
"Untouchables" TV series [Desilu; 118 1-hour episodes 1959-63]
full credits from IMDb •
episode details at epguides.com
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Season 1, Vol. 1: Paramount DVD [4/2007] 4 disks for $32.99
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"The Untouchables" feature film [Paramount June 1987]
Directed by Brian De Palma; starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro & Billy Drago Paramount color VHS [5/2001] for $9.95 Paramount widescreen DVD [8/2002] for $16.99 A&M Records soundtrack CD [10/90] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"The Untouchables" video game [1991]
Super Nintendo video game [1991] out of stock/used •
full credits from IMDb
"The Return of Elliott Ness" ['reunion movie' 90-min special Nov 1991]
Unapix color video out of stock/used •
full credits from IMDb
"The New Untouchables" series [1993-94] starring Tom Amendes as Ness
color video not available •
full credits from IMDb
episode details at epguides.com
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"Eliot Ness and The Untouchables: The Historical Reality and The Film & Television Depictions" [2000] by Kenneth Tucker McFarland & Co. pb [7/2000] for $32.00 |
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"The Real Untouchables: Eliot Ness" [2001]
Goldhil VHS [10/2001] for $19.95 not listed at Internet Movie Database |
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"The True Story of The Untouchables" [History Channel special 2002]
A&E Home Video [5/2002] for $24.95 |
J. Edgar Hoover & The F.B.I.
J. Edgar Hoover [1895-1972] entry at Wikipedia
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"The F.B.I.: A History" [2007] by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones Yale Univ Press 9x6½ hardcover [9/2007] for $20.08 |
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"The Bureau: The Secret History of The F.B.I." [2002] by Ronald Kessler listed in 'L.A. Times 100 Best Books of 2002' St Martin 10x6 hardcover [5/2002] out of print/many used |
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"The F.B.I.: Inside The World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency" [1993] by Ronald Kessler Pocket pb [10/94] for $6.99 Pocket 9½x6½ hardcover [10/93] out of print/used Blackstone UNABR audio [8/97] 15 tapes for $95.95 |
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