Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life

Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life

Based on interviews with Lansky's close friends & criminal associates, with law enforcement experts, & with members of Lansky's own family, & using previously unpublished documents written by Lansky h…

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