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Payne, Graham, and Sheridan Morley. The Noel Coward Diaries. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1982.

Pilat, Oliver. Drew Pearson: An Unauthorized Biography. New York: Harper’s Magazine Press, 1973.

Pleasants, Henry. The Great American Popular Singers. London: Victor Gollancz, 1974.

Procter, Mary, and Bill Matuszeki. Gritty Cities. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978.

Puzo. Mario. The Godfather. New York: New American Library, 1969.

Puzo, Mario. Inside Las Vegas. New York: Charter Books, 1977.

Reid, Ed. Mafia. New York: Random House, 1950.

Ringold, Gene, and Clifford McCarthy. The Films of Frank Sinatra. Secaucus, N.J.: The Citadel Press, 1980.

Rockwell, John. Sinatra: An American Classic. New York: Rolling Stone Press, 1984.

Rogers, Henry C. Walking the Tightrope: The Private Confessions of a Public Relations Man. New York: Berkley Books, 1982.

Salerno, Ralph, and John S. Tompkins, The Crime Confederation. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company, 1969.

Salinger, Pierre. With Kennedy. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company, 1966.

Sanford, Herb. Tommy and Jimmy: The Dorsey Years. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1972.

Saunders, Frank, with James Southwood. Torn Lace Curtain. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982.

Scheim, David E. Contract on America. Silver Spring, Md.: Argyle Press, 1983.

Sciacca, Tony. Sinatra. New York: Pinnacle Books, 1976.

Shaw, Arnold. Sinatra: A Biography. London: W. H. Allen, 1968.

Short, Martin. Crime, Inc. London: Thames Methuen, 1984.

Silvers, Phil, with Robert Saffron. This Laugh Is on Me. Engle-wood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973.

Simon, George T. The Big Bands. New York: Schirmer Books, 1967.

Simon, George T. Simon Says: The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era 1935–1955. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1971.

Singer, Robert. The Bad Guys’ Quote Book. New York: Avon Books, 1984.

Smith, Thomas F. X. The Powerticians. Secaucus, N.J.: Lyle Stuart, 1982.

Sorenson, Theodore C. Kennedy. New York: Bantam Books, 1966.

Stine, Whitney. Stars and Star Handlers. Santa Monica, Calif.: Roundtable Publishing, 1985.

Tálese, Gay. Fame and Obscurity. New York and Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1970.

Taylor, Theodore. Jule: The Story of Composer Jule Styne. New York: Random House, 1979.

Teresa, Vincent, with Thomas C. Renner. Vinnie Teresa’s Mafia. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company, 1975.

This Fabulous Century. New York: Time-Life Books, 1969.

Thomas, Bob. King Cohn. London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1967.

Thompson, Verità, with Donald Shepherd. Bogie and Me. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1982.

Todd, Michael, Jr., and Susan McCarthy Todd. A Valuable Property. New York: Arbor House, 1983.

Turner, Lana. Lana. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1982.

Varacalli, Joseph A. “Ethnic Politics in Jersey City: The Changing Nature of Irish-Italian Relations, 1917–1983.” Garden City, N.Y.: Nassau Community College, Department of Sociology, 1983.

White, Theodore H. The Making of the President: 1960. New York: Atheneum, 1961.

Wilson, Earl. Sinatra: An Unauthorized Biography. New York: New American Library, 1976.

Winters, Shelley. Shelley Also Known as Shirley. New York: William Morrow, 1980.

About the Author

KITTY KELLEY left her job with The Washington Post in 1971 to pursue free-lance writing. She has written for The New York Times, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as Ladies’ Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and other women’s magazines. Her previous books, Jackie Oh! and Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, were both national bestsellers.

Early Hoboken days

Courtesy of Richie Shirak

Frank with his first girlfriend, Marie Roemer

(Courtesy of Agnes Carney Hannigan)

Frank with his parents at the 50th anniversary party he gave them, 1963

(Irv Wagen)

Nancy Jr. dancing with her grandfather at the party

(Irv Wagen)

Chicago Mafia boss, Sam Giancana

(AP/Wide World Photos)

Mia Farrow Sinatra in Miami with her husband, 1967

(AP/Wide World Photos)

Sinatra leaving Justice Court