Bugsy Siegel

2021 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Michael Shnayerson
Release : 2021
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 195/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Bugsy Siegel written by Michael Shnayerson. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip "[A] brisk-reading chronicle of Siegel’s life and crimes."—Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal "Fast-paced and absorbing. . . . With a keen eye for the amusing, and humanizing detail, [Shnayerson] enlivens the traditional rise-and-fall narrative."—Jenna Weissman Joselit, New York Times Book Review In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill‑gotten riches, from an early‑twentieth‑century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas. In this captivating portrait, author Michael Shnayerson sets out not to absolve Bugsy Siegel but rather to understand him in all his complexity. Through the 1920s, 1930s, and most of the 1940s, Bugsy Siegel and his longtime partner in crime Meyer Lansky engaged in innumerable acts of violence. As World War II came to an end, Siegel saw the potential for a huge, elegant casino resort in the sands of Las Vegas. Jewish gangsters built nearly all of the Vegas casinos that followed. Then, one by one, they disappeared. Siegel’s story laces through a larger, generational story of eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early‑ to mid‑twentieth century.

We Only Kill Each Other

1991-12 Criminals

Author : Dean Jennings
Release : 1991-12
Genre : Criminals
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 341/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book We Only Kill Each Other written by Dean Jennings. This book was released on 1991-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of Bugsy Siegel, the successful bootlegger who helped build the Las Vegas Strip and was mysteriously murdered at age forty-one

Tough Jews

2013-06-18 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Rich Cohen
Release : 2013-06-18
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 505/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Tough Jews written by Rich Cohen. This book was released on 2013-06-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning writer Rich Cohen excavates the real stories behind the legend of infamous criminal enforcers Murder, Inc. and contemplates the question: Where did the tough Jews go? In 1930s Brooklyn, there lived a breed of men who now exist only in legend and in the memories of a few old-timers: Jewish gangsters, fearless thugs with nicknames like Kid Twist Reles and Pittsburgh Phil Strauss. Growing up in Brownsville, they made their way from street fights to underworld power, becoming the execution squad for a national crime syndicate. Murder Inc. did for organized crime what Henry Ford did for the automobile, and Tough Jews is the first in-depth portrait of these men, a thrilling glimpse at the muscle that made possible the success of gangster statesmen such as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, and Lucky Luciano. For Rich Cohen, who grew up in suburban Illinois in the 1980s taunted by the stereotype of Jews as book-reading rule followers, the very idea of the Jewish gangster was a relief; for once, a Jew in jail did not have to be a white collar criminal. With a clear eye and a comic sensibility, Cohen looks beyond the blood and ultimately encounters each of these ruthless killers’ matzo-ball heart. Tough Jews shows what can happen when a member of the tribe combines brains, heart, and a dangerous determination never to back down.

Bugsy Siegel

2021-02-09 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Michael Shnayerson
Release : 2021-02-09
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 100/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Bugsy Siegel written by Michael Shnayerson. This book was released on 2021-02-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip "Fast-paced and absorbing. . . . With a keen eye for the amusing, and humanizing detail, [Shnayerson] enlivens the traditional rise-and-fall narrative."—Jenna Weissman Joselit, New York Times Book Review "[A] brisk-reading chronicle."—Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill-gotten riches, from an early-twentieth-century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas. In this captivating portrait, author Michael Shnayerson sets out not to absolve Bugsy Siegel but rather to understand him in all his complexity. Through the 1920s, 1930s, and most of the 1940s, Bugsy Siegel and his longtime partner in crime Meyer Lansky engaged in innumerable acts of violence. As World War II came to an end, Siegel saw the potential for a huge, elegant casino resort in the sands of Las Vegas. Jewish gangsters built nearly all of the Vegas casinos that followed. Then, one by one, they disappeared. Siegel’s story laces through a larger, generational story of eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early- to mid-twentieth century.

We Only Kill Each Other

1993 Crime

Author : Dean Jennings
Release : 1993
Genre : Crime
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Book Rating : 889/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book We Only Kill Each Other written by Dean Jennings. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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