| Being Oscar: From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Las Vegas Contributor(s): Goodman, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1602862338 ISBN-13: 9781602862333 Publisher: Hachette Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.7" (0.80 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Nevada - Locality - Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Being Oscar, one of America's most celebrated criminal defense attorneys recounts the stories and cases of his epic life. The Mafia's go-to defender, he has tried an estimated 300 criminal cases, and won most of them. His roster of clients reads like a history of organized crime: Meyer Lansky, Nicky Scarfo, and "Lefty" Rosenthal, as well as Mike Tyson and boxing promoter Don King, along with a midget, a dentist, and a federal judge. After thirty-five years as a defender, he ran for mayor of Las Vegas, and America's greatest Mob lawyer became the mayor of its sexiest city. He was so popular his image appeared on the 5, 25, and 100 chips. While mayor of Vegas, he starred on the screen in Rush Hour 2 and CSI. He is as large a character in the history of organized crime as any of his clients and as legendary a figure in the history of Las Vegas as the entrepreneurs (his friends and clients) who built the city. This is his astonishing story--the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. |