Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Führer

by Walter Shapiro

Book Overview

From acclaimed journalist Walter Shapiro, the true life story of how his great-uncle--a Jewish vaudeville impresario and exuberant con man--managed to cheat Hitler's agents in the run-up to WWII. All his life, journalist Walter Shapiro assumed that the outlandish stories about his great-uncle Freeman were exaggerated family lore; some cockamamie Jewish revenge fantasies dreamt up to entertain the kids and venerate their larger-than-life relative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399161473
• ISBN13: 9780399161476
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Blue Rider Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher