THOMAS E. DEWEY Attorney for the People

Hardback. A brief biography of a period as well as of a man - a brief but shameful period in American history which Thomas E. Dewey did more than anyone else to render brief. Chapter headings include : Family Background and Youth; Working with the Federal Government; United States Attorney; The Waxey Gordon Case; The "Runaway" Grand Jury; The Vice-Racket and "Charlie"; The Pursuit of Luciano; The Trial of Luciano; The Murder of William Snyder; The Restaurant Racket; Freeing the Labour Unions; The Poultry and Truck Racket; Tootsie Herbet; Nominated for District Attorney; A Blow for Tammany; Dewey Arrests Hines; The First Hines Trial; Mis-Trial; Nominated for Governor; The Second Hines Trial; Kuhn, Lepke - And Others + much more. Illus. + Index. 316pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned edges, v. sl. faded sp. o/w Vg.