Frontispiece: Russ and Mary at Club Harlem in Atlantic City.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Shorto, Russell, author. | Shorto, Russ (Russell), 1914–1981.
Title: Smalltime : a story of my family and the mob / Russell Shorto.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020032361 | ISBN 9780393245585 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780393245592 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Shorto, Russell—Family. | Organized crime—Pennsylvania—Johnstown—History—20th century. | Criminals—Pennsylvania—Johnstown—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC HV6452.P39 S56 2021 | DDC 364.1092/274877—dc23
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