Title Queen of Thieves : the True Story of ""Marm"" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York.

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New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (340 pages)
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Contents	Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; A Queen Among Thieves; Contents; Introduction; I. Mandelbaum's Rise; 1. Pity the Poor Immigrant; 2. Fences Make Good Neighbors; 3. En Garde; II. Mandelbaum's Mob; 4. Her Little Chicks; 5. A Sensational Bank Robbery, by George; 6. Sophie's Choices; III. Mandelbaum's Fall; 7. Nabbed; 8. Disorder in the Courts; 9. Mudslinging; 10. She Went That-A-Way; 11. O'canada; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country's top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise. The New York Times called Mandelbaum the nucleus and center of the whole organization of crime in New York City."Having emigrated from Germany in 1850, she began her climb to the top of the crime worl.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index.
Subject	Mandelbaum, Fredericka, 1818-1889. (OCoLC)fst00436241
	Mandelbaum, Fredericka, 1818-1889.
	Female gang members -- United States -- Biography.
	Detective and mystery stories.
	Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
	Thieves -- Fiction.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
	Female gang members. (OCoLC)fst00922618
	Gang members. (OCoLC)fst00937672
	Gangs. (OCoLC)fst00937695
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Other Form:	Print version: Conway, J. North. Queen of Thieves : The True Story of ""Marm"" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, ©2014 9781629144351
ISBN	9781632200983 (electronic bk.)
	1632200988 (electronic bk.)

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