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Tough Jews : Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams
Tough Jews Fathers Sons and Gangster Dreams
Author: Rich Cohen
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 look...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780375705472
ISBN-10: 0375705473
Publication Date: 4/20/1999
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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THIS BOOK IS NOT A MYSTERY. It is a partly historical, partly whimsical look back at the Jewish gangsters that came out of the 20's and
30's. Written from the perspective of a group of Brooklyn natives now living in California, the author takes off from that point to
deliver a very different look at the gangsters who make up the "Tough Jews".


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