{"product_id":"bugsy-siegel-the-dark-side-of-the-american-dream-jewish-lives","title":"Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream (Jewish Lives)","description":"The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip\n\n\"[A] brisk-reading chronicle of Siegel’s life and crimes.\"—Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal\n\n\"Fast-paced and absorbing. . . . With a keen eye for the amusing, and humanizing detail, [Shnayerson] enlivens the traditional rise-and-fall narrative.\"—Jenna Weissman Joselit, New York Times Book Review\n\nIn a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill‑gotten riches, from an early‑twentieth‑century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas. In this captivating portrait, author Michael Shnayerson sets out not to absolve Bugsy Siegel but rather to understand him in all his complexity. Through the 1920s, 1930s, and most of the 1940s, Bugsy Siegel and his longtime partner in crime Meyer Lansky engaged in innumerable acts of violence. As World War II came to an end, Siegel saw the potential for a huge, elegant casino resort in the sands of Las Vegas. Jewish gangsters built nearly all of the Vegas casinos that followed. Then, one by one, they disappeared. Siegel’s story laces through a larger, generational story of eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early‑ to mid‑twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0300226195\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0300226195.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shnayerson, Michael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43300573446205,"sku":"BVV.0300226195.A","price":10.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0300226195-0.jpg?v=1782595634","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/bugsy-siegel-the-dark-side-of-the-american-dream-jewish-lives","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}