Cohen creates a densely anecdotal history of muscle, money, and moxie, like the story of how Gangy Cohen (no relation) left the mob. Just after he had murdered his best friend, Gangy "had an epiphany few gangsters experience in time: If they have me kill Walter [Sage], then, sooner or later, they will have someone else kill me." Gangy ran away to Hollywood and became an actor. More than just a catalog of violence,Tough Jews paints the neighborhoods, the culture, and recreates a long-gone era where "a Jew in jail didn't have to mean white-collar crime."
Praise for Tough Jews
"Exuberant. . .a vivid narrative. . . . Tough Jews brings familiar history back to life."
--The New York Times
"Warmly and affectionately rendered. . .these vignettes bring a lost generation of antiheroes to life."
--The Boston Globe
"If the Mafia has its Mario Puzo, the Jewish troops of Murder, Inc. deserve their Rich Cohen. . .entertaining, defiantly romantic."
--Newsweek
Cohen creates a densely anecdotal history of muscle, money, and moxie, like the story of how Gangy Cohen (no relation) left the mob. Just after he had murdered his best friend, Gangy "had an epiphany few gangsters experience in time: If they have me kill Walter [Sage], then, sooner or later, they will have someone else kill me." Gangy ran away to Hollywood and became an actor. More than just a catalog of violence,Tough Jews paints the neighborhoods, the culture, and recreates a long-gone era where "a Jew in jail didn't have to mean white-collar crime."
Praise for Tough Jews
"Exuberant. . .a vivid narrative. . . . Tough Jews brings familiar history back to life."
--The New York Times
"Warmly and affectionately rendered. . .these vignettes bring a lost generation of antiheroes to life."
--The Boston Globe
"If the Mafia has its Mario Puzo, the Jewish troops of Murder, Inc. deserve their Rich Cohen. . .entertaining, defiantly romantic."
--Newsweek
For Universal Human Rights Month in December, we are sharing a collection of books that educate on the importance of the fundamental rights and freedoms of all people. Find the full collection of titles here.
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