{"product_id":"the-kosher-capones-a-history-of-chicagos-jewish-gangsters-hardback-9781501747311","title":"The Kosher Capones; A History of Chicago's Jewish Gangsters (Hardback) 9781501747311","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Kosher Capones\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Chicago's Jewish Gangsters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoe Kraus (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501747311\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 15 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 15 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the story moves forward in time, Kraus focuses on Lenny Patrick, \"the central figure in Chicago Jewish organized crime,\" who eventually became a cooperating witness whose testimony took down the syndicate\u003c\/p\u003e (Publisher's Weekly) \u003cp\u003eIncluded are rich depictions of the families and lone actors involved, the rules they were expected to play by — and how those characters and motivations intertwined with political intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e (Southern Jewish Living)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kosher Capones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells the fascinating story of Chicago's Jewish gangsters from Prohibition into the 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e Author Joe Kraus traces these gangsters through the lives, criminal careers, and conflicts of Benjamin \"Zuckie the Bookie\" Zuckerman, last of the independent West Side Jewish bosses, and Lenny Patrick, eventual head of the Syndicate's \"Jewish wing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese two men linked the early Jewish gangsters of the neighborhoods of Maxwell Street and Lawndale to the notorious Chicago Outfit that emerged from Al Capone's criminal confederation. Focusing on the murder of Zuckerman by Patrick, Kraus introduces us to the different models of organized crime they represented, a raft of largely forgotten Jewish gangsters, and the changing nature of Chicago's political corruption. Hard-to-believe anecdotes of corrupt politicians, seasoned killers, and in-over-their-heads criminal operators spotlight the magnitude and importance of Jewish gangsters to the story of Windy City mob rule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an eye for the dramatic,\u003ci\u003e The Kosher Capones\u003c\/i\u003e takes us deep inside a hidden society and offers glimpses of the men who ran the Jewish criminal community in Chicago for more than sixty years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Connecting the Dots\u003cbr\u003e 1. The End, or Zukie's Bad Day\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beyond Scarface, A Kosher Capone for Maxwell Street\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Sunset of 1974: Lenny Patrcik's Changing World\u003cbr\u003e 4. Landing in Lawndale\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rising in the Ranks\u003cbr\u003e 6. Roots of the Lawndale Machine\u003cbr\u003e 7. Arvey's Balancing Act\u003cbr\u003e 8. Syndicate Hammer\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sizing Up the Outfit\u003cbr\u003e 10. Tentacles\u003cbr\u003e 11. When Scarface Met Rico\u003cbr\u003e 12. Lenny's Circus Turn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702255644952,"sku":"9781501747311","price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-kosher-capones-a-history-of-chicagos-jewish-gangsters-hardback-9781501747311","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}