New Deal for Death

Download or read book New Deal for Death written by Elliott Roosevelt and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wealthy playboy Blackjack Endicott has proven himself to he immensely loyal and trustworthy in the most delicate of matters, so when FDR needs someone to undertake secret - and dangerous - projects, Blackjack is the Presidential candidate's man. This time he's called to investigate angry labor racketeers in the booming Los Angeles movie industry who fear Roosevelt will establish a labor bill and crush their profits. Using his masterful wit and guile, Blackjack battles against major crime figures who say No deal! to FDR's New Deal. Along the way, Jack hobnobs with the history-makers of the time - screen icons, political shakers and movers, and the budding gangsters who gave the rich what they wanted, despite legal prohibition.