Miami's Criminal Past: Uncovered

by Sergio Bustos, Bustos, Luisa Yanez

Book Overview

From Scarface to Miami Vice, Hollywood has created indelible images of Miami's criminal underworld. Yet beyond the lurid depictions exists a fascinating history of dramatic true-life crimes--tales of vigilante justice, family tragedies, politically motivated homicides and rampageous cross-country killers. And of course, the inevitable stories of celebrities behaving badly--as when Jim Morrison allegedly exposed himself during a 1969 Doors concert--along with accounts of celebrity murders, such as the shocking 1997 slaying of fashion designer Gianni Versace.
Edgy and compulsively readable, Miami's Criminal Past presents the dark acts that have marred Florida's most alluring metropolis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596293888
• ISBN13: 9781596293885
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Miami Herald's Luisa Yanez and Sergio Bustos does a Ok Job.

Book is a good read,quite scary at times, would make a Non-Miamian not want to visit,Miami Is not paradise all the time, and we have problems like anywhere else, this book exploits that, I read about incredible stories in this book (born and raised and live here) that I never heard of before Such as the man who went into a steel scrap place on the miami river and killed several and injured some people, then escaped on bicycle! all over a small thing(the guy was a Hialeah Teacher!) scary.. I think the book could had been bigger, considering our history, and the price $20? ! for a small softcover. good read.