Kosher Capones

Joe Kraus

Description

The Kosher Capones tells the fascinating story of Chicago's Jewish gangsters from Prohibition into the 1980s. 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."These 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.With an eye for the dramatic, The Kosher Capones 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.

Sujets

• Histoire
• USA
• Jewish studies
• 20th century
• Organized crime
• History of the Americas
• États-Unis
• Illinois

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501747335
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 12 Mo

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THE KOSHER CAPONES

THE KOSHER CAPONES A HîSTORy OF CîçàgO’S JEWîS GàgSTERS

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

You don’ spend îry years dîggîng on a projec wîou geîng a o o ep. Sarîng wî e Inîs, ï am deepy graeu o Amy Farrano or aîng a so a îs, and ï an e copy edîors and anonymous reerees rom Norern ïînoîs Unîversîy Press, wose însîgs eped me ammer îs îno Ina sape. ï am graeu as we or e years o suppor ï’ve receîved rom e Unîversîy o Scranon, were a recen saaîca as pu me over e Inîs îne. An earîer researc gran permîed me o purcase a copy o enny Parîc’s esîmony în e Gus Aex rîa, and e Unîversîy îrary as een generous în îs ep wî înerîrary oans and poograpîc dîgîîzaîon; ans ere în parîcuar o Krîsen Yarmey, Besey Moyan, and Kevîn Kocur. ï aso wan o acnowedge a gran rom e Unîversîy’s Weînerg Jewîs Sudîes program a as eped mae î possîe o îcense many o ese poos rom Sun-Tîmes Medîa. ïn my eary years o researcîng îs maerîa, ï was orunae o Ind myse par o a group o supporîve and nowedgeae rîends. Waer Ro and ï sared e same goa, and ï eneIed rom îs energy and îs înroducîons roug e Cîcago Jewîs Hîsorîca Socîey. Norman Scwarz generousy ooed up dîs- an eads or me, and Dan Saron o e Sperus ïnsîue’s Aser îrary sen me every puzze pîece o e îsory a came îs way. Jon Bînder as een as gen- erous wî me as e as wî everyone doîng researc on Cîcago’s Proîîîon gangsers, and roug îm ï came o now Rîc înderg, arry Raeder, and severa oers în and around e Merry Gangsers îerary Socîey. ïn our “Jewîs wîng,” Nae Kapan was generous în sarîng e ora îsorîes e oo as par o preservîng e cuura memorîes o Davey Mîer. And Bî Reîy, aongsîde îs wîe Heen, was an a-around rîend and înspîraîon, one o e Irs wo made me eîeve ï coud wrîe îs oo. ï’ve eneIed over e years rom conversaîon and correspondence wî o- ers curîous aou e îsory o Cîcago’s Jewîs gangsers rom genera or amî- îa curîosîy, încudîng Ae Marovîz, Syvîa Frîedman, Mîe Karsen, Craîg Eîsen, Wayne Jonson, Jerry evîne, and Davîd Araams, wo gracîousy permîed me o use poos o îs reaîve Manny Araams. ï coud no ave wrapped îs up as ï dîd—nor coud ï ave seen e connecîons eween enny Parîc and e rîas a crîppe e OuI—wîou generous îme and energy rom Crîs Gaîr. ï’ve

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aso een orunae o ave a o o researc ep over e years, especîay rom Bance Keno, Tom Badwîn, and Jos Kraus. And en ere were ose wo, în eîr proessîona capacîy, wen aove and eyond o mae îngs easîer or me, încudîng Jeremy Marîn a Doc’s Spors, Toy Roers a Sun-Tîmes Medîa, and Jeanee Caaway and Eîsae Safe a e Cîcago Crîme Commîssîon. Fînay, ï ave o an amîy and rîends or puîng up wî me rougou îs seemîngy endess process. My ong-suferîng roommaes Aex Bogdanovîc, Bî Huson, and Ray Marx oo pone messages rom a sors o srange caers. Bî ïrwîn as îsened o compaîns and ofered advîce on many a mornîng run. Annîe Nîcos as aways een ere as a reader and a suppor. My cousîns Seve Mîer, Ro Mîer, ea Mîer, Erîc Mîer, and Davîd Mîer—rom my aer’s sîde o e amîy and so, e name eîng merey coîncîdena, no reaed o e Mîer roers—ave a eped wî access o Cîcago-ony researc maerîas and genera encouragemen. My în-aws, Roz and Gene Caîen, ave aways ooed or ways o ep. And my roer Ed and sîser-în-aw Amy ave ceered a every seemîng sep orward, sympaîzed over eac seac, and done every- îng ey coud în o ep me e îs sory o ours. Aove a, ï an my wîe Paua Caîen or puîng up wî me wen ï drîted îno e angens o îs îsory, or er paîence wen ï cosed e sudy door, and or er endurîng ove and suppor wen ï resuraced îno our aw-aîdîng îe ogeer. ï an my sons as we—Rîcîe, Max, and Teddy—wo’ve ad o endure a sors o gangser sorîes a a sors o unîey momens. And as, ï an my parens: my aer wo’d ave urs wî prîde over seeîng a Inîsed copy o îs, and my moer wo sared î a wî er quesîon.

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