KIng of the Jews
Subtitle: the Arnold Rothstein story
By: Nick Tosches
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780241141441
Subjects: Jews; History
Description: Arnold Rothstein (1882-1928) was one of the most important but mysterious figures in the history of New York. A peer in the wood-panelled business sancta of the Rockerfellers and the Morgans, he was also the true godfather of organized crime in America, holding the political power of New York in one hand, the power of the criminal underworld in the other, and, in his custom-tailored vest pocket, the power of the city's biggest business dealings. For ten years Nick Tosches has been unravelling the mysteries of Rothstein's life - a story of glamour and darkness ending in the final mystery of Rothstein's murder.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Ecco, 2005.
Table of contents: title: Old Nick's Bible studies; title: My Jesus hits like the atom bomb; title: Nurse Love; title: Dousing the glim; title: Strange pull; title: Fucking sailors in Chinatown; title: Inez Norton's gams.