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Author Kraus, Joe, 1965- author.

Title The kosher Capones : a history of Chicago's Jewish gangsters / by Joe Kraus
Published Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages)
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
Analysis organized crime, American Jewish history, Jewish studies, Chicago history, criminal justice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2019)
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
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Gangsters
Jewish criminals
Jews
Jews -- Social conditions
Organized crime
Illinois -- Chicago
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019022523
ISBN 9781501747328
1501747339
9781501747335
1501747320