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First Hamilcar Publications edition, 2019.

First published in Great Britain by Yellow Jersey Press, 2009.

Copyright © 2009 Kevin Mitchell

Foreword © 2019 Mike Stanton

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

ISBN: 978-1-949590-02-9

Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mitchell, Kevin, author. | Stanton, Mike, 1957–, foreword author.

Title: Jacobs beach : the mob , the garden , and the golden age of boxing / Kevin Mitchell ; foreword by Mike Stanton.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index. | Boston, MA: Hamilcar Productions, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018964155 | 978-1-949590-02-9 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH Jacobs, Michael. | Boxing—Corrupt practices. | Organized Crime. | Boxing—United States—History—20th century. | Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)—History. | BISAC SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing | TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime

Classification: LCC GV1125 .M58 2019 | DDC 796.83—dc23

Hamilcar Publications

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On the cover: (Top) Joe Louis punches Abe Simon during their fight at Madison Square Garden on March 27, 1942. (Bottom) Mike Jacobs sits in his office in the New York Hippodrome after signing a lease to run boxing shows at Madison Square Garden on August 6, 1937.

Frontispiece: Mug shot of Frankie Carbo, 1950.