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The kosher Capones : a history of Chicago's Jewish gangsters / by Joe Kraus

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Kraus, Joe, 1965-
Published
Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 225 pages)
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Contents
Introduction : connecting the dots -- The end, or Zukie's bad day -- Beyond Scarface, a kosher Capone for Maxwell Street -- The sunset of 1974 : Lenny Patrick's changing world -- Landing in Lawndale -- Rising in the ranks -- Roots of the Lawndale machine -- Arvey's balancing act -- Syndicate hammer -- Sizing up the outfit -- Tentacles -- When Scarface met Rico -- Lenny's circus turn -- Afterword : a question answered.
Summary
"The Kosher Capones tells the story of Chicago's Jewish gangsters from Prohibition into the 1980s"--
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ISBN
9781501747328 (electronic book)
1501747339 (electronic book)
9781501747335 (electronic book)
1501747320 (electronic book)
9781501747311 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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