Author: Maureen Hughes
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450207499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Maureen Hughes was first introduced to Countess Marajen Chinigo in the 1980s in a hospital room in Champaign, Illinois. Assigned to provide personal security to the Countess, Hughes knew few details about the woman she was protecting. Little did she know that Countess Chinigo was a woman connected to some of the most notorious and famousor infamouspeople of the twentieth century. Hughes did not see the Countess again until a few years later at a local art museum. Intrigued by the impeccably dressed woman who strolled through the crowd like a queen, Hughes vowed to find out all she could about the mysterious Countess. As Hughes shares the fascinating story she uncovered after conducting three years of research and in-depth conversations with friends of the Countess, she unveils a time period where mobsters, presidents, celebrities, and countesses all mingled among dark, captivating secrets. Hughes reveals details about the famous figures the Countess hobnobbed with like Frank Sinatra, Joan Crawford, and Lucky Luciano, her marriage to Johnny Rosselli, and her eventual entanglements with the Mafia. The Countess and the Mob paints a compelling portrait of the kaleidoscopic shapes and colors that made up the extraordinary and unforgettable life of Countess Marajen Stevick Chinigo.
The Countess and the Mob
Author: Maureen Hughes
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450207499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Maureen Hughes was first introduced to Countess Marajen Chinigo in the 1980s in a hospital room in Champaign, Illinois. Assigned to provide personal security to the Countess, Hughes knew few details about the woman she was protecting. Little did she know that Countess Chinigo was a woman connected to some of the most notorious and famousor infamouspeople of the twentieth century. Hughes did not see the Countess again until a few years later at a local art museum. Intrigued by the impeccably dressed woman who strolled through the crowd like a queen, Hughes vowed to find out all she could about the mysterious Countess. As Hughes shares the fascinating story she uncovered after conducting three years of research and in-depth conversations with friends of the Countess, she unveils a time period where mobsters, presidents, celebrities, and countesses all mingled among dark, captivating secrets. Hughes reveals details about the famous figures the Countess hobnobbed with like Frank Sinatra, Joan Crawford, and Lucky Luciano, her marriage to Johnny Rosselli, and her eventual entanglements with the Mafia. The Countess and the Mob paints a compelling portrait of the kaleidoscopic shapes and colors that made up the extraordinary and unforgettable life of Countess Marajen Stevick Chinigo.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450207499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Maureen Hughes was first introduced to Countess Marajen Chinigo in the 1980s in a hospital room in Champaign, Illinois. Assigned to provide personal security to the Countess, Hughes knew few details about the woman she was protecting. Little did she know that Countess Chinigo was a woman connected to some of the most notorious and famousor infamouspeople of the twentieth century. Hughes did not see the Countess again until a few years later at a local art museum. Intrigued by the impeccably dressed woman who strolled through the crowd like a queen, Hughes vowed to find out all she could about the mysterious Countess. As Hughes shares the fascinating story she uncovered after conducting three years of research and in-depth conversations with friends of the Countess, she unveils a time period where mobsters, presidents, celebrities, and countesses all mingled among dark, captivating secrets. Hughes reveals details about the famous figures the Countess hobnobbed with like Frank Sinatra, Joan Crawford, and Lucky Luciano, her marriage to Johnny Rosselli, and her eventual entanglements with the Mafia. The Countess and the Mob paints a compelling portrait of the kaleidoscopic shapes and colors that made up the extraordinary and unforgettable life of Countess Marajen Stevick Chinigo.
Hollywood and the Mob
Author: Tim Adler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408827867
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
From its earliest days, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck from the American film industry. Stories of intimidation, threats and violence mingle with those of glamour and excess. In this stunning story of infamy and ballsy enterprise, Tim Adler tells the secret history of Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti's attempts to infiltrate the studio lots. However, although they have controlled the moguls and the money, the Mob learned how to be cool from classic films like The Godfather and characters like Tony Soprano, leaving them forever intertwined in both fact and fiction.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408827867
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
From its earliest days, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck from the American film industry. Stories of intimidation, threats and violence mingle with those of glamour and excess. In this stunning story of infamy and ballsy enterprise, Tim Adler tells the secret history of Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti's attempts to infiltrate the studio lots. However, although they have controlled the moguls and the money, the Mob learned how to be cool from classic films like The Godfather and characters like Tony Soprano, leaving them forever intertwined in both fact and fiction.
The Waverley Novels
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical fiction, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical fiction, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Waverley Novels
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Heart of Midlothian
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Jeannie Deans goes to London from Edinburgh to obtain a pardon for her sister who has been unjustly accused of murdering her own son--Novelist.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Jeannie Deans goes to London from Edinburgh to obtain a pardon for her sister who has been unjustly accused of murdering her own son--Novelist.
Waverley Novels: The heart of Mid-Lothian
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Waverley Novels
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Waverley Novels
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375099428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375099428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
The heart of Mid-Lothian
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
The Waverley Novels: Heart of Mid-Lothian
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical fiction, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical fiction, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description