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u/TheBusinessWeChosen · 1 pointr/BoardwalkEmpire

Thanks for replying. Love to talk about this stuff with guys who know the history like you.
I meant Lucky was weary of him only in those earlier years like mid 20s. After that they were pretty golden. Of course, since Lucky okay'd millions for him to handle for the flamingo.
And yes, my source is from a frank costello biography book.
Frank Costello, prime minister of the underworld is the title.

Costello(http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Costello-Prime-Minister-Underworld/dp/0860073491/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454091275&sr=1-6&keywords=frank+costello)

u/crimsonxflowers · 2 pointsr/BoardwalkEmpire

Seconding the recommendations on Rothstein and Boardwalk Gangster (though I believe Boardwalk Gangster isn't the same as The Real and Fake Gangster; if I remember right Boardwalk Gangster is updated with new research and details, so I recommend getting that one) and adding a few more recommendations; to round out the New York gangsters, there's Little Man:
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Man-Meyer-Lansky-Gangster/dp/0316511684/
and while I also haven't read anything about Capone, Prohibition Gangsters gives a decent overview of, well, prohibition gangsters in general (including Capone), though being a summary it doesn't go into as much detail as it could on stuff like the Castellammarese War. Still, it's a good starting point:
http://www.amazon.com/Prohibition-Gangsters-Rise-Fall-Generation/dp/0813561159/
As far as I'm aware there's not a book on the Castellammarese War or the entire period in general, which is a shame. There is The Mob and the City, which looks at the genesis of the Mafia until Apalachin specifically within the context of New York City; it's one of the only books that covers as wide a span of time as it does, but I recommend it with some reservations. It's very revisionist and in my opinion doesn't give Luciano the credit he deserves, plus it focuses VERY heavily on the Mafia specifically and (despite Meyer being on the cover) ignores the contributions of non-Italian organized crime figures like Rothstein and Lansky, which is kind of annoying if you know how much involvement they actually had:
http://www.amazon.com/Mob-City-Hidden-History-Captured/dp/161614923X/

I'd also recommend getting your hands on The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano and Mogul of the Mob, if you can. There are some issues with how reliable they are, considering how involved Luciano and Lansky were in their publication (and there are additional, somewhat notorious issues surrounding The Last Testament especially), but they're very good reads for entertainment value alone, and there is some truth to at least SOME of the things they talk about. Mogul of the Mob tends to be a bit pricey, but The Last Testament got a relatively recent reprint and ebook publication so it's easy to get ahold of:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Testament-Lucky-Luciano/dp/1936274574/
http://www.amazon.com/Meyer-Lansky-Mogul-Dennis-Eisenberg/dp/044822206X/

Basically until someone writes a definitive reliable single volume on the era, you kind of have to piece stuff together from various sources, which can get kind of expensive depending on how in depth you want to go, but it's all fascinating stuff.

u/Pedemano · 3 pointsr/BoardwalkEmpire

I'm really hoping that they decide to make the book Havana Nocturne into a series one day. It's the most natural sequel to Boardwalk Empire and covers a time period of great change in the mob. 1957 in particular. It was the end of the golden times for the mob.

http://www.amazon.com/Havana-Nocturne-Owned-Cuba-Revolution/dp/0061712744

Interview with the author

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/6vh7d8/t-j--english

u/Badger_Silverado · 6 pointsr/BoardwalkEmpire

There is a book that the show was based on, but I was largely disappointed because the era the show takes place in was only one or two chapters.

This is the book:

Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City https://www.amazon.com/dp/0966674863/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_5pqwub1CSBS85


This is a book about Lucky Luciano that I especially liked. It's mostly about his life but talks about his association with Meyer Lansky too, as that was a big part of his life. (In paperback it was called Boardwalk Gangster: The Real Lucky Luciano)

Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312601824/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Wnqwub0C9QY5P


This is a book about Arnold Rothstein that I really enjoyed too.

Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465029388/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_quqwub0XWB3GD


I haven't read any books about Capone- yet. I read a book about Frank Nitti that talks a lot about Capone though. I can look it up if you're interested.

Unfortunately I haven't found a book about everybody involved in the show. I wish that somebody would write a couple of novels about the seven years between season four and season five. Even though they'd be largely fictional due to Nucky's life being fictional in the show they could be VERY interesting, I think.

u/Moobyghost · 1 pointr/BoardwalkEmpire

http://www.amazon.com/Boardwalk-Empire-Volume-Original-Series/dp/B005DKGNEO?tag=duckduckgo-palemoon-20

ooohhhh. They say the soundtrack is from both Seasons 1 and 2, but if so they left out A LOT of great songs from the show. We need that database.

u/Stuball1992 · 3 pointsr/BoardwalkEmpire

One of my pieces of A Level history coursework a couple years back was on the prohibiton era. These are two of what I thought were the best books I used on the subject.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prohibition-Thirteen-Years-Changed-America/dp/1611450098

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Call-Rise-Fall-Prohibition/dp/0743277023

u/therealprotonk · 23 pointsr/BoardwalkEmpire

Short answer: yes. Long answer...it is very hard to tell.

I don't know if you are into the most recent season but there is a scene where one of the characters observes a woman on the beach being ticketed for wearing shorts which did not cover some percentage of her leg. Just imagine that 90% of the written record we have to work with comes from a society where public expression was that restrained (and gendered). So even private letters we have huge walls erected between the tone/diction of a letter to a wife or colleague and what their verbal exchanges may have sounded like. Let alone press, books and retrospective accounts.



u/dougbdl · 2 pointsr/BoardwalkEmpire

He was nicknamed The Big Bankroll because he would gamble hundreds of thousands of dollars a night in the early nineteen hundreds! He was more interesting in real life that even this character on HBO. He fixed the 1919 World Series. Done got killed in a hotel room poker game.

This is one of the best books I have ever read.