The Life and Times of Lepke Buchalter: America's Most Ruthless Labor Racketeer

by Paul R. Kavieff

Overview

Lepke Buchalter, the only organized crime boss to be executed in the US was one of the most important figures in the history of organized crime.He controlled NYCs Lower East Side garment, banking and flour trucking industries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569803783
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/25/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	251
Sales rank:	957,032
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Paul R. Kavieff is an engineer and historian who has authored two successful mob books: The Purple Gang: Organized Crime in Detroit 1910-1945 and The Violent Years: Prohibition and the Detroit Mobs. Mr. Kavieff lives in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.