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Author Kraus, Joe, 1965- author.

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

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019.
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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.1092 KRA    Check Shelf
Description viii, 225 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Jewish criminals -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Gangsters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish criminals -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Organized crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Gangsters. (OCoLC)fst00937713
Jewish criminals. (OCoLC)fst00982733
Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
Jews -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00983360
Organized crime. (OCoLC)fst01047884
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Kraus, Joe, 1965- Kosher capones. Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501747328 (DLC) 2019022523
ISBN 9781501747311 hardcover
1501747312 hardcover
9781501747328 electronic publication
9781501747335 electronic book
Standard No. 40029432232
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