meyer berger lillian symes robert (1 résultats)

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION - LATER PRINTING. (42) PAGES OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND "CONTENTS" + 512 - -640 PAGES OF ARTICLES + (20) PAGES OF MISCELLANY. THERE IS A SMALL TEAR OF THE UPPER CORNER OF THE MAGAZINE WITH SCOTCH TAPE HOLDING IT. THERE IS A FASCINATING ARTICLE BY MEYER LEVIN THAT IS TITLED "A DAY IN A GANGSTER'S LIFE."THE ARTICLE IS A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF AN IRISH OVER ALL GANG BOSS IN NEW YORK CITY THAT STARTS FROM HIS RISE TO POWER AS A TEEN AGED GANG MEMBER TO A RUTHLESS KILLER WHO COMPETES FOR CONTROL BY KILLING HIS COMPETITORS. HIS DAY STARTS IN THE AFTERNOON IN A PROTECTIVE UNFANCY HOTEL THAT IS CONTROLLED BY HIS GANG MEMBERS, HIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENINGS ARE SPENT WITH GANG MEMBERS WHO BRING THEIR ACCUMULATED MONEY DERIVED FROM VARIOUS BUSINESS ENDEAVORS SUCH AS LABOR UNIONS , VARIOUS BUSINESES, ETC. ALL ARE OUTSIDE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION AS IN THE AL CAPONE YEARS. THERE ARE NO ACCOUNTING BOOKS TO TRACE WHERE AND HOW THE MONEY WAS DERIVED THAT LED TO THE CONVICTION AND IMPRISONMENT OF AL CAPONE. PAYOUTS ARE MADE TO THE VARIOUS GANG LEADERS FOR THEIR FAVORS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SUCH AS ASSAULTS AND EVEN MURDERS, ETC. THE REST OF THE EVENING IN THE MOB BOSSES DAY IS FOR PERSONAL PLEASURES SUCH AS ATTENDING PRIZE FIGHTS CONTROLLED BY THE MOB, GANG CABERET HANGOUTS FOR ILLEGAL CASINO GAMBLING AND SEX, THE BOSS HAS A WIFE AND A CHILD WHO LIVES ELSEWHERE WHILE UNDER DISCREET MOB PROTECTION. THERE IS MUCH MORE ABOUT THE MIND-SET OF THE BOSS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE TOO WILL EVENTUALLY BE MURDERED BY A YOUNGER RIVAL FOR THE POSITION OF OVER-ALL MOB BOSS. THIS ARTICLE IS A FASCINATING EXPOSE OF HOW GANGLAND ACTIVITIES ARE CARRIED OUT AFTER THE CAPONE ERA. ANOTHER ARTICLE IS ABOUT RACISM IN THE "TERRITORY" OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE ARTICLE BY LILLIAN SYMES IS TITLED "WHAT ABOUT HAWAII?" "WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE RACISM SITUATION." THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLANDS FARMING AND TOURISM BUSINESS IS OWNED AND MANAGED BY "WHITE" OWNERS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF INHABITANTS OF THE ISLANDS ARE JAPJANESE WITH LARGE POPULATIONS OF FILIPINO, CHINESE AND PORTUGESE RESIDENTS THAT WERE IMPORTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A LABOR FORCE. SOUNDS FAMILIAR EVEN TODAY. Size: 6 1/2" X 9 1.2: