{"product_id":"tough-jews","title":"Rich Cohen: Tough Jews [1999] paperback","description":"Once upon a time, back in the 20s and 30s, in Brooklyn, there lived a breed of men who exist now only in legend and in the memories of a few old men. Their names were Louis Lepke, Abe Reles, Bugsy Segel, Dutch Shultz, Meyer Lansky, and they were Jewish gangsters: Jews with Guns; tough, fearles Jews who roamed the streets in a time when a Jewish boy could fashion a future that was murderous and daring and wide open. Rich Cohen's father grew up in that world; his family owned the diner where the gangsters known as Murder Incorporated hung out. In TOUGH JEWS he tells their stories and brilliantly evokes their world - a world of street corners and bars and nightclubs; a world where murder was better than cowerdice; where killings were planned and executed with precision and finesse; a world of feuds, wars, schemes, where living into middle age was akind of victory; a world in which for a brief moment, Jews were among the most important criminals in America.","brand":"Cohen, Rich","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48959360467283,"sku":"XG80099757917","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cohen-rich-tough-jews-xg80099757917-57076348059987.jpg?v=1726461841","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/tough-jews","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}