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Copyright © 2017 by Roben Farzad
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Farzad, Roben, author.
Title: Hotel Scarface: where cocaine cowboys partied
and plotted to control Miami/Roben Farzad.
Description: First edition. | New York: New American Library, [2017]
Identifiers: LCCN 2017003885 (print) | LCCN 2017019898 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780698409828 (ebook) | ISBN 9781592409280
Subjects: LCSH: Drug traffic—Florida—Miami—History—20th century.
| Drug Dealers—Florida—Miami—Case studies.
| Hotels—Florida—Miami—History—20th century. |
Miami (Fla.)—Social life and customs—20th century. |
Miami (Fla.)—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC HV5833.M48 (ebook) | LCC HV5833.M48 F37 2017 (print)
| DDC 363.4509759/381—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017003885
First Edition: October 2017
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