| #126608 in Books | Cohen, Rich | 1999-04-20 | 1999-04-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.98 x.62 x5.14l,.62 | File type: PDF | 304 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting Story|By E. Pekarsky|The writing style of the author was not exactly what I was looking for - this book focuses on the characters/players from a novelty fictional portrayal and less than an actual historical recount of the organization founding and formation. I was looking to get more out of this book, especially in regards to the history, instead got alot of physi|.com |When we think gangster, hood, or wiseguy, we often associate these characters with such names as Capone, Luciano, or even Corleone. However, when organized crime reared its ugly head in the late 1920s in Brooklyn, at the foundation were men like Meyer Lan
In an L.A. delicatessen, a group of Brooklyn natives gets together to discuss basketball, boxing, the weather back east, and the Jewish gangsters of yesteryear. Meyer Lansky. Bugsy Siegel. Louis Lepke, the self-effacing mastermind of Murder, Inc. Red Levine, the Orthodox hit man who refused to kill on the Sabbath. Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, who looked like a mama's boy but once buried a rival alive. These are just some of the vibrant, vicious characters Rich Cohen's father r...
You easily download any file type for your device.Tough Jews : Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams | Rich Cohen. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
