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Tough Jews

Tough Jews( )
Author: Cohen, Rich
ISBN:978-0-09-975791-7
Publication Date:Jun 1999
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Arrow
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $19.99
Book Description:

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, fearles 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...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: True Crime / General
Social Science / Jewish Studies
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.8 x 1.6 cm
Book Weight:0.304 Kilograms
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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