The Starker: Big Jack Zelig, the Becker-Rosenthal Case, and the Advent of the Jewish Gangster

by Rose Keefe and Patrick Downey

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Selig Harry Lefkowitz, alias Big Jack Zelig, was New York's first great gangster boss. Like many of his pre-Volstead contemporaries, his historic impact has been overshadowed by Al Capone and Murder Inc. He is listed in today's crime anthologies primarily because four members of the gang, along with corrupt cop Charles Becker, died in the electric chair for the July 1912 murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal. In New York City from 1908 to 1912, however,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1581826028

ISBN13:9781581826029

Release Date:October 2008

Publisher:Cumberland House Publishing

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Crime & Criminals Ethnic & National Jewish Organized Crime Specific Groups True Accounts True Crime

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The Starker: Big Jack Zelig, the Becker-Rosenthal Case, and the Advent of the Jewish Gangster

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