Tony Soprano’s America
Tony Soprano’s America
Gangsters, Guns, and Money
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Names: Booker, M. Keith author. | Daraiseh, Isra, 1988– author.
Title: Tony Soprano’s America : gangsters, guns, and money / M. Keith Booker and Isra Daraiseh.
Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016039443 (print) | LCCN 2016051719 (ebook) | ISBN 9781442273221 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781442273238 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Sopranos (Television program)
Classification: LCC PN1992.77.S66 B66 2017 (print) | LCC PN1992.77.S66 (ebook) | DDC 791.45/72—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016039443
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For Isra Daraiseh, my partner in crime
—M. Keith Booker
For Keith Booker, انت معلم… واحنا منك نتعلم
—Isra Daraiseh