Crossing the Line.Crossing The Line Gord Steinke Folk Lore Publishing 1808 B Street NW, Suite 140, Auburn, WA 98001 1894864166 $10.95 1-800-661-9017 Crossing The Line: Mobsters Mobsters is a 1991 crime drama detailing the creation of the National Crime Syndicate/The Commission. Set in New York City during the Prohibition era, it's a somewhat fictionalized account of rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" And Rumrunners by journalist and broadcaster Gord Steinke is an entertaining account of the most famous exploits of rum-running mobsters who dealt in the illegal booze Booze sold cheap whiskey in a log-cabin bottle. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 152–153] See : Drunkenness trade during the Prohibition era of the roaring 20's, written especially for lay readers. Crime sprees, ruthlessness, clashes with the law, and the overwhelming drive of human greed that kept mobsters in business permeates this collection of true stories, researched and deftly deft adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. told with a flair for modern legend. An accurate and amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. survey of a colorful and sometimes bloody aspect of early twentieth century American history. |
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