Brownsville

By Neil Kleid

Book Overview

Jewish gangster' isn't a term one hears much nowadays, but back when the Dodgers played in the East and licorice cost a penny a bag, Brooklyn corners were lousy with semitic young toughs looking for adventure and excitement - none more so than in Brownsville. This volume follows the intertwined lives of Allie Tannenbaum and Abe Rele as they escape the mean streets and lonlely tenements of the East New York, make themselves into the most dangerous men in America, only to eventually send their best friends and closest allies up the river.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561634581
• ISBN13: 9781561634583
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: NBM Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A realistic story of life in a bygone era

Set in the 1930s in Brooklyn is a graphic novel featuring something different: the story of Jewish gangsters, run by an organized mob. Author Neil Kleid has always been interested in organized crime, but he wished his graphic novel to be set in the history of the Mafia. His research led to the insights on the Jewish Mob - and here result in a realistic story of life in a bygone era. Diane C. Donovan, Editor California Bookwatch