The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781627877145

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by Gregory A. Fournier (Author)

The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra is a concise history of one of America's most notorious Prohibition gangs. The Burnstein brothers and their associates were the only Jewish gang in the United States to dominate the rackets of a major American city. From their meteoric rise to the top of Detroit's underworld to their ultimate demise, this is an episodic account of the Purple Gang's corrosive pursuit of power and wealth and their inevitable plunge towards self-destruction.

Number of Pages: 252

Dimensions: 0.57 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: November 14, 2019

$22.11

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