Once upon a time, back in the 20s and 30s, in Brooklyn, there lived a breed of men who exist now only in legend and in the memories of a few old men. Their names were Louis Lepke, Abe Reles, Bugsy Segel, Dutch Shultz, Meyer Lansky, and they were Jewish gangsters: Jews with Guns; tough, fearless Jews who roamed the streets in a time when a Jewish boy could fashion a future that was murderous and daring and wide open. Rich Cohen's father grew up in that world; his family owned the diner where the gangsters known as Murder Incorporated hung out. In "Tough Jews", he tells their stories and brilliantly evokes their world - a world of street corners and bars and nightclubs; a world where murder was better than cowardice; where killings were planned and executed with precision and finesse; a world of feuds, wars, schemes, where living into middle age was a kind of victory; and, a world in which for a brief moment, Jews were among the most important criminals in America.
| ISBN | 0099757915 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780099757917
(What's this?) | | Pages | 272 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Weight (grammes) | 304 | | Imprint | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 199 | | Publication date | 01 Apr 1999 | | Width (mm) | 132 | | Non-book description | B | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY | 364.1066089924074723 | | Academic level | General |
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