1. King of the Jews by Nick Tosches
The Jewish Gangs Of New York
Personal Review: King of the Jews by Nick Tosches
Nick Tosches is a great writer. KING OF THE JEWS is well researched,
informative, and uncompromisingly gutsy. Like Paul Sann's equally brilliant
KILL THE DUTCHMAN, Tosches gives us a wild, wicked, topsy turvy
lesson on the Jewish gangster from ancient times up through and into the
American Experience. It's revists heartily HERBERT ASBURY'S THE
GANGS OF NEW YORK; but as seen through the prism of the Jewish-
American Experience in early N.Y.C. The Jewish Gangs of New York
would be a more appropriate title. The original court transcripts following
Mr. A.R.'s killing, the autopsy report, the clothes he wore, his family tree,
his associates who were questioned in court, and the police reports are
reprinted here, plus more than you could ever ask for in a gangster novel.
Remember: this is a GANGSTER NOVEL. It's not necessarily all truth. In
fact, the author gleefully invites the reader to join him along in speculating

2. the apocrypha of myth, legends and lore all the way back to Bible times,
and into the American Experience with the enigma of Arnold Rothstein as
it's central figure. I was amused and delighted the author finally wrote a
book for nuts like me. I have been to the Holy Land, so the experience of
reading this book re-enforced my interest in the subject. I wish the book
had been longer.
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