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Founded in 1924, the Music Corporation of America got its start booking acts into speakeasies run by such notorious Chicago mobsters as Al Capone. How then, in only a few decades, did MCA become the driving force behind music publishing, radio, recording artists, Hollywood, and the burgeoning television industry? Enter Ronald Reagan. By the late 1950s, Reagan was a pass� movie actor. As president of the Screen Actors Guild, he was also MCA's key client. With Reagan's help, MCA would become the most powerful entertainment conglomerate in the world. And with MCA's help, Reagan would secure a fortune (resulting in a federal grand jury hearing), be marketed to the public as a viable politician, and ascend to the presidency of the United States. But according to reporter Dan E. Moldea, there had always been another catalyst behind MCA: Ties to organized crime that reached back to the company's inception--and through Reagan's Teamster-backed candidacy--had never been severed. From the author of The Hoffa Wars, this is an epic and serpentine investigation into the insidious links among Hollywood, the Mob, and politics. Contains mature themes.

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A specialist on organized-crime and political-corruption investigations since 1974, bestselling author and independent investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea has published ten nonfiction books: The Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians, and the Mob; The Hunting of Cain: A True Story of Money, Greed, and Fratricide; Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob; Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football; The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity; Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O. J. Simpson (with Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter); A Washington Tragedy: How the Death of Vincent Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm; his memoir, Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer: Adventures in the Jungles of Crime, Politics, and Journalism; Hollywood Confidential: A True Story of Wiretapping, Friendship, and Betrayal; and Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: The Stories of Whistleblowers. Lee Goettl resides in the Midwest with his wife, daughter, and three dogs, enjoying all things book-related. He has recorded over eighty audiobooks, including playing two characters in Seth Rogen's Yearbook. He also works as a voice artist for commercials, e-learning, and medical narration.

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