{"product_id":"peppermint-twist-the-mob-the-music-and-the-most-famous-dance-club-of-the-60s-9780312581787","title":"Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe never-before-told story of The Peppermint Lounge, the famed Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout that launched an era\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Peppermint Lounge was intended to be nothing more than a front for gambling and other rackets but the club became a sensation after Dick Cami Camillucci began to feature a new kind of music, rock and roll. The mobsters running the place found themselves juggling rebellious youths alongside celebrities like Greta Garbo and Shirley MacLaine. When The Beatles visited the club, Cami's uncle-in-law had to restrain a hitman who was after Ringo because his girlfriend was so infatuated with the drummer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking with Dick Cami himself, Johnson and Selvin unveil this engrossing story of the go-go sixties and the club that inspired the classic hits Twisting the Night Away and The Peppermint Twist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Dunne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312581787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2012 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joel Selvin, John Johnson, Dick Cami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38012627583157,"sku":"9780312581787","price":31.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bed87aa0-604e-40e3-9a4b-97529883fd04.jpg?v=1609137022","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/peppermint-twist-the-mob-the-music-and-the-most-famous-dance-club-of-the-60s-9780312581787","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}