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Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine’s Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment of the Maxwell Street ghetto produced a proliferation of Jewish gangsters involved in everything from labor racketeering to white slavery. Their illegal activity offended their own community’s value system and sparked rifts between Reform and Orthodox Jews. It also ignited tensions between city officials and Jewish leaders, indelibly marked the gentile population’s perception of Chicago’s Jews and shaped the city’s West Side for years to come.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ The History Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 19, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 162619193X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626191938
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.35 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,483,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,000 in Organized Crime True Accounts #4,294 in Jewish History (Books) #29,496 in U.S. State & Local History
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