{"product_id":"broadway-butterfly-vivian-gordon-the-lady-gangster-of-jazz-age-new-york-hardcover","title":"Broadway Butterfly: Vivian Gordon: The Lady Gangster of Jazz Age New York - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony M. DeStefano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting, uniquely in-depth account of the sensational murder that captivated Jazz Age New York City, obsessed its then-governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and led to the downfall of its mayor, from the Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deadly Don\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike so many other pretty butterflies, Indiana-born Vivian Gordon fluttered to New York in 1920 looking for fame and fortune. Before long, the flame-haired chorus girl parlayed her youth, beauty, and ambition into more profitable means as a tough and glamorous symbol of Prohibition-era excess. She was a speakeasy owner, blackmailer, high-end escort, extortionist, racketeer, and con woman. But given her dangerously intimate associations--from ruthless underworld gangsters to corrupt high-ranking city officials--Vivian was also a woman who knew too much and who rightfully feared for her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn February 26, 1931, Vivian's bludgeoned and garroted body was found dumped in Van Cortland Park in the Bronx. Now, in the first in-depth biography of its kind, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano unravels her tumultuous life and the headline-making murder that became an obsession for many, including then-Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe evidence Vivian left behind was damning: a diary with more than 300 names implicating powerful officials, philanthropists, businessmen, and every major gangland figure in collusion and corruption. The probe eventually resulted in the career-ending investigation of James \"Jimmy\" Walker, disgraced mayor of New York City. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eBroadway Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e finally finds a place in history for Vivian, a woman with a rare legacy in gangster lore, whose demise was as tragically inevitable as the brutality of the city's cozy relationship between the Mob and the NYPD.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony M. DeStefano\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and preeminent Mob historian. He has covered criminal justice and organized crime for more than three decades as a reporter for \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e and appeared as an expert source on HISTORY's documentary series \u003ci\u003eAmerican Godfathers: The Five Families\u003c\/i\u003e. His books on the subject include \u003ci\u003eJimmy the Gent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Big Heist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e King of the Godfathers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Deadly Don\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Top Hoodlum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGotti's Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He can be found online at TonyDeStefano.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.35 x 6.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53448183152947,"sku":"9780806543147","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/OVAme6BBq69780806543147.webp?v=1782963914","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/broadway-butterfly-vivian-gordon-the-lady-gangster-of-jazz-age-new-york-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}