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

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

Rose Keefe

320 pages • first pub 2008 (view editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

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 p...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...