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Tough Jews

Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams

Tough Jews( )
Author: Cohen, Rich
ISBN:978-0-375-70547-2
Publication Date:Apr 1999
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.00
Book Description:

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 reminisced about...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: True Crime / General
Social Science / Jewish Studies
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.18 x 7.94 x 0.64 Inches
Book Weight:0.575 Pounds
Author Biography
Cohen, Rich (Author)
Rich Cohen has written for The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine, among many other publications. He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and recently cowrote a filmscript. He lives in New York City.

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