Ovid Demaris

Ovid Demaris (6 September 1919 – 12 March 1998 as Ovide E. Desmarais) was a native of Biddeford, Maine and an author of books and detective stories. A former United Press correspondent and newspaper reporter, he wrote more than 30 books and hundreds of newspaper articles. He graduated from the College of Idaho in 1948 and Boston University in 1950. Previously, he had served in the United States Army Air Forces.

His most important works were of a historical or biographical nature about the Mafia and other gangland characters. He is most noted for ''The Last Mafioso'', his biography of Jimmy Fratianno, and for ''The Green Felt Jungle'', his exposé on Mafia operations in Las Vegas. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Captive city. by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : L. Stuart, 1969
    Format: Book


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    Brothers in blood : the international terrorist network by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Scribner, 1977
    Format: Book


  3. 3

    America the violent by Demaris, Ovid

    Baltimore : Penguin Books, 1971
    Format: Book


  4. 4

    Captive city by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1969
    Format: Book


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    Dirty business; the corporate-political money-power game. by Demaris, Ovid

    New York, Harper's Magazine Press 1974
    [1st ed.].
    Format: Book


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    The Director : an oral biography of J. Edgar Hoover by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Harper's Magazine Press 1975
    Book club ed.
    Format: Book


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    The last Mafioso : the treacherous world of Jimmy Fratianno by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Times Books, 1981
    Format: Book


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    Poso del mundo; inside the Mexican-American border, from Tijuana to Matamoros. by Demaris, Ovid

    Boston : Little, Brown, 1970
    Format: Book


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    Ricochet by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Scribner's, 1988
    Format: Book


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    The boardwalk jungle by Demaris, Ovid

    Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1986
    Format: Book


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    Poso del mundo ; inside the Mexican-American border, from Tijuana to Matamoros by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Pocket Books, 1971
    Format: Book


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    The Director : an oral biography of J. Edgar Hoover by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Harper's Magazine Press, 1975
    1st ed.
    Format: Book


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    How greed, corruption, and the Mafia turned Atlantic City into--the boardwalk jungle by Demaris, Ovid

    Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1986
    Format: Book


  14. 14

    Ricochet by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Scribner's, 1988
    Format: Book


  15. 15

    America the violent. by Demaris, Ovid

    New York : Cowles Book Co., 1970
    [1st ed.].
    Format: Book


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    Poso del mundo; inside the Mexican-American border, from Tijuana to Matamoros. by Demaris, Ovid

    Boston, Little, Brown 1970
    [1st ed.]
    Format: Book


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    Jack Ruby by Wills, Garry, 1934-, Demaris, Ovid

    [New York] New American Library 1968
    Format: Book


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    The green felt jungle by Reid, Ed

    New York, Pocket Books, 1964
    Other Authors: “…Demaris, Ovid…”
    Format: Book


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    The green felt jungle. by Reid, Ed

    New York : Trident Press, 1963
    Other Authors: “…Demaris, Ovid…”
    Format: Book


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    My story by Exner, Judith, 1934-1999

    New York : Grove Press, 1977
    1st ed.
    Other Authors: “…Demaris, Ovid…”
    Format: Book