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parent’s,
57–62
,
66–67

        
Paul’s,
225

        
Sandra’s,
153–154
,
170

        
Siegels’s,
61

Dockworkers,
17

Doctors’ Hospital (Florida),
127

Dog track (Phoenix, Arizona),
28

Dogs

        
Bambi,
149

        
Bruiser,
220
,
226

        
Maria,
144

        
Nappy,
144

        
Petey,
40–42

        
Tiger,
220
,
226

        
un-named poodle,
122–123

Dorsey, Tommy,
7

Doto, Joe (aka Joe Adonis). See
Adonis, Joe

Doto, Maria,
157

Drake, Allan,
188

Drake, Janice,
188

Drugs, use of,
159
,
179–180
,
187
,
218–219

Eagle, Max,
75
,
81
,
114
,
118
,
121
,
133

Earp, Wyatt,
187

Easter celebrations,
21

Ed Sullivan Show,
177

Eden Roc Hotel (Florida),
167
,
220

Edison, Thomas,
34

Eisenhower’s inauguration,
111

El Cortez (restaurant),
139

El Morocco (restaurant),
178
,
188

Electroshock treatments,
59

Elizabeth Arden (beauty salon),
31

Ellington, Duke,
45
,
178

Embers (restaurant),
128

Emby Distributing Company,
52–53

Engle, Max,
75

Entratter, Jack,
200
,
201

Erickson, Frank,
8–9

Europe (honeymoon trip),
146–151

FAO Schwarz (store),
31

Fat Tony Salerno,
154
,
217

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

        
Communist threat meeting,
185

        
Eisenhower Republicans and,
180

        
Gabby’s involvement with,
199–202
,
203
,
209–210

        
Meyer tailed by,
220

Fink, Julie,
42–43

Finland, Helsinki Olympics,
112
,
195

500 Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey),
161

Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas),
61
,
73–74
,
137
,
139
,
217

Florentine, George. See
DeWitt, George

Flynn, Errol,
61

Fontainebleau Hotel (Florida),
84
,
167
,
169–170
,
187

Ford, Glenn,
210

Ford, Whitey,
194

The Forge (steak house),
225

Freeman, Eddie,
111

Freeman, Paul,
111

Fremont casino hotel (Las Vegas),
201

Froman, Jane,
63

Fulton Fish Market,
16

Gallagher’s (restaurant),
5
,
152

Gambino, Carlo,
203
,
214

        
Gambling

        
Buddy’s problem with,
72
,
113–114
,
166
,
226

        
casinos (see
Casino gambling
)

legalizing,
104–105

        
Prohibition era,
18–19
,
25–26
,
50–51

        
racetracks,
25–26
,
29

        
Sandra and,
169

Gangster Riviera,
33–34

Garbo, Greta,
88
,
144

Gardner, Ava,
177

Genovese, Vito,
181
,
203

“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (song),
127

George Brown’s Gymnasium and Health Club (New York),
51
,
70

Gershwin, George,
3

Giancana, Sam “Mooney,”
187
,
198

Gigante, Vinnie “the Chin,”
181

Gitlitz (delicatessen),
202

Gleason, Jackie,
163

Godfrey, Arthur,
71

Gooding, Mrs. (household employment agency),
38
,
42

Gophers gang,
13

Gotti, John, Jr.,
30

Grant, Cary,
125
,
180

Grant, Kathy,
172

Gray, Seymour,
205
,
217
,
225

Grayson, Kathryn,
138

Graziano, Rocky,
45

Greenbaum, Gus,
139

Guggenheim, Peggy,
68

Haden, Annie Wood,
71

Haden, George,
71

Hammerstein, Dorothy,
70–71
,
77

Hammerstein, Oscar,
70–71

Harlow, Jean,
6
,
60

Hartnett, Edward Patrick “Gabby,”
112–113
,
194–210

Harwyn Club (New York),
188
,
193–194

Havana, Cuba

        
Batista and,
29
,
167–168
,
183

        
Castro and,
183–185

        
first trip to,
28–30

        
Florida gambling and,
105

        
last blaze of glory,
219

Havana Special (train),
49

Hawaiian Isle Motel (Florida),
226

Healy, Terry,
47
,
72
,
76

Hedren, Tippi,
159
,
180

Helsinki, Olympic games,
112
,
195

Henderson, North Carolina,
140

Henie, Sonja,
29

Highland Nature Camp (Naples, Maine),
75–76
,
79

Hill, Virginia,
60
,
72–73
,
98

Hoff, Max “Boo Boo,”
41

Hoffa, Jimmy,
183

Hogan, Frank,
17

Holden, William,
177

Hollywood Dog Track,
169

Hollywood Ticket Agency,
71–72

Honeymoon

        
Europe,
146–151

        
Las Vegas,
137–139

        
Mexico,
134–141

        
Miami,
140–141

Hoover, J. Edgar,
180
,
189
,
201
,
219

Hope, Bob,
7

Horace Mann (prep school),
62

Horseback riding lessons,
48–49
,
68

Horses

        
Bazookie,
48
,
68
,
88

        
Marvin’s gift to himself,
143

        
Moonbeam’s Golden Genius,
142

        
Rex Lee Fashion,
142

        
Time Clock,
88
,
125

Hot Springs, Arkansas,
13–14

Hotel Nacional (Havana, Cuba),
28
,
30

The House of Prime Ribs (restaurant),
170–171

“How Much Is That Doggy in the Window?” (song),
122
,
160

Hughes, Howard,
6
,
85
,
209

Huston, John,
12

“I Only Have Eyes for You” (song),
89

Ice skating,
39

The Inside (restaurant),
225–226

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
200

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU),
213

Irving Fields Trio,
138

Israel

        
independence (1948),
102
,
111

        
Law of Return,
222–223

Italia
(ship),
76

J. P. Morgan Library,
70

The Jack Benny Show
,
172

Jail time (Meyer Lansky),
115–117

James, Rian,
4

Janssen, David,
187

Jersey Shore,
33–34

Jewish background,
10–11
,
16
,
21–36

Jimmy Blue Eyes.
See
Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes”

Jimmy C. (kids’ counselor),
81

Joe Sonken’s Gold Coast (restaurant),
128

Joe’s Elbow Room (restaurant),
106

Joe’s Stone Crab (restaurant),
128

Joseph’s (restaurant),
217

Kastel, Dandy Phil,
139

Kaufman, Murray,
160
,
162

Kean Sisters (comedy duo),
127

Kefauver, Estes,
14
,
92
,
99–100
,
111
,
115
,
222

Kefauver Committee hearings,
91–102
,
204

Kelly, Grace,
194

Kennedy, Joe,
19
,
28
,
51
,
176–177
,
180

Kennedy, John “Jack,”
177
,
186
,
198
,
219

Kennedy, Robert “Bobby,”
182–183
,
219

Khrushchev, Nikita,
197

Kidnapping fear,
40
,
47

Klein, Arthur,
86

Krakower, Esther.
See
Siegel, Esther Krakower

Krakower, Whitey,
26

La Cosa Nostra (LCN),
203

La Motta, Jake,
45

“La Vie en Rose” (song),
133

Labor unions,
92
,
182

Lafayette
(ship),
16

L’Aiglon (restaurant),
5
,
181

Lake Mahopac, New York,
80
,
102

Lansky, Anna (aunt),
121
,
185

Lansky, Anna (mother)

        
beauty salons,
26
,
31

        
birth of grandson D.J.,
191–192

        
birth of grandson Gary,
146

        
Broadway shows,
1

        
Buddy’s illness,
21–22
,
25

        
Central and Riverside Parks,
39

        
Christian belief,
23

        
clothing,
26

        
cockroach incident,
119

        
cultural strivings,
38–39

        
death of,
228

        
depression,
67
,
83
,
87
,
109
,
126

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