GANGSTERS ON THE SCREEN
by Frank Manchel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jac
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Franklin Watts, New York 1978 Hardcover, 10¼" x 7¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket From the birth of the movies to now [1978], the gangster film has told the story of social, political, and economic changes in American life. This book looks at this story through words and pictures. It starts at the turn of the twentieth century when overcrowded Eastern cities bred secret societies. It illustrates the lawless decades, giving special attention to the Prohibition era, the rise of the mobs, the Syndicate, the famous lawmen, amd open warfare between gangs. It concludes with an overview of the most popular television shows.
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Details
- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 43392
- Title
- GANGSTERS ON THE SCREEN
- Author
- Frank Manchel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 10¼" x 7¾", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jac
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Watts, New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 120 pages
- Keywords
- xxx Gangster Films History & criticism Moving pictures Juvenile literature
Terms of Sale
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Pegasus Book Orphanage
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McCrae, Victoria
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