The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

by Margalit Fox

Book Overview

America's first great organized-crime lord was a lady--a nice Jewish mother named Mrs. Mandelbaum.

"A tour de force . . . With a pickpocket's finesse, Margalit Fox lures us into the criminal underworld of Gilded Age New York."--Liza Mundy, author of The Sisterhood

In 1850, an impoverished twenty-five-year-old named Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York in steerage and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593243854
• ISBN13: 9780593243855
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.5"