Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman's Life From Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas

by John L. Smith

     For more than 35 years, Oscar Goodman was the country’s pre-eminent defense attorney for alleged gangsters. Was Oscar Goodman only what he claims, an attorney who defended his clients based on the simple principle that they, too, have constitutional rights? And if so, how did he manage to mingle with the mob for decades without becoming part of it?

     After scores of unlikely courtroom victories, Goodman pulled off an even more unlikely career change. Twice elected mayor of Las Vegas, he went from legal spokesman for the most notorious crime figures of our era to political spokesman for the most notorious city in the country.

     Of Rats and Men is the story of Mafia informants, made men, over-zealous government agents, a courtroom wizard, and the “happiest mayor in America.” It’s the biography of Oscar Goodman.

 

419 pages • hard cover
10-Digit ISBN: 0-929712-98-6 • 13-Digit ISBN: 978-0-929712-98-7 • $25.95us