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Kill the Dutchman!: The Story of Dutch Schultz (English Edition)

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KundenrezensionenHilfreichste Kundenrezensionen0 von 0 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich. Excellent Book on the Dutchman and His TimesVon Ein KundeThis is probably the best book written about crime in the 1920s and 1930s, Dutch Schultz, and his life and times. Author Paul Sann has written a tough and revealing book second to none about this amazing era. A most read for anyone interested in these subjects.

KurzbeschreibungOn October 23, 1935, a rusty, steel-jacketed .45 slug tore through the body of 33-year-old Dutch Schultz. It was no accident. Schultz, the Beer Baron of The Bronx who reaped $2 million a month as king of Harlem's numbers racket, had gone too far, having threatened to murder Thomas E. Deweythe rackets prosecutor whod drawn up the tax indictment against him. The result was the biggest gangland execution since the 1929 St. Valentines Day Massacre in Al Capone's Chicago..Schultz didnt die instantly, lingering over a day, a police stenographer at his bedside recording every word. Dutchs surrealistic, Joycean stream-of-consciousness deathbed ramblings are reproduced in full and Sann explores the meaning of the poetic jumble of his last words: I am a pretty good pretzeler [sic], Please crack down on the Chinamans friends and Hitlers commander, and his most majestic utterance, Mother is the best bet and dont let Satan draw you too fast.In this 1930s real-life whodunit, legendary New York newspaperman Paul Sann investigates the meteoric rise of gangster Dutch Schultz, mean-streaked bully, alleged killer and reader of books, tracking the blood-flecked story from the Lower East Side and Bronx sidewalks to Broadway night spots to lavish Park Ave. penthouses and, ultimately, to City Hallalong the way uncovering the truces and alliances among politicians, judges, police, unions and racketeers.A masterpiece! . . . [Sann] makes us understand how the big cities of America worked in the years between the wars. Pete Hamill, author of Snow in August, A Drinking Life and ForeverOne of the essential reads on the larger subject of the Prohibition era and its criminal legacy. . . . Sann [brings] humanity and profound literary skills to bear on a difficult subject, elevating the art of crime writing to new levels. Now, a new generation of readers can benefit from Paul Sanns labors, and also, perhaps, be enthralled by the timeless quality of something that will always have value, no matter the technology: a great story rendered with elegance and authenticity by a master of the craft. T.J. English, author of The Westies, Havana Nocturne and The Savage CityGodfather readers will go for it.United Press InternationalKurzbeschreibungOn October 23, 1935, a rusty, steel- jacketed .45 slug tore through the body of 33-year-old Dutch Schultz. It was no accident. Schultz, the Beer Baron of The Bronx who reaped $2 million a month as king of Harlem's numbers racket, had gone too far, having threatened to murder Thomas E. Deweythe rackets prosecutor whod drawn up the tax indictment against him. The result was the biggest gangland execution since the 1929 St. Valentines Day Massacre in Al Capone's Chicago..Schultz didnt die instantly, lingering over a day, a police stenographer at his bedside recording every word. Dutchs surrealistic, Joycean stream-of-consciousness deathbed ramblings are reproduced in full and Sann explores the meaning of the poetic jumble of his last words: I am a pretty good pretzeler [sic], Please crack down on the Chinamans friends and Hitlers commander, and his most majestic utterance, Mother is the best bet and dont let Satan draw you too fast.In this 1930s real-life whodunit, legendary New York newspaperman Paul Sann investigates the meteoric rise of gangster Dutch Schultz, mean-streaked bully, alleged killer and reader of books, tracking the blood-flecked story from the Lower East Side and Bronx sidewalks to Broadway night spots to lavish Park Ave. penthouses and, ultimately, to City Hallalong the way uncovering the truces and alliances among politicians, judges, police, unions and racketeers.A masterpiece! . . . [Sann] makes us understand how the big cities of America worked in the years between the wars. Pete Hamill, author of Snow in August, A Drinking Life and ForeverOne of the essential reads on the larger subject of the Prohibition era and its criminal legacy. . . . Sann [brings] humanity and profound literary skills to bear on a difficult subject, elevating the art of crime writing to new levels. Now, a new generation of readers can benefit from Paul Sanns labors, and also, perhaps, be enthralled by the timeless quality of something that will always have value, no matter the technology: a great story rendered with elegance and authenticity by a master of the craft. T.J. English, author of The Westies, Havana Nocturne and The Savage CityGodfather readers will go for it.United Press InternationalSynopsis The true story of the gangland execution in 1935 of "Dutch" Schultz, the Beer Baron of the Bronx and king of Harlem's numbers racket. The author shows how the roots of the crime ran from the Lower East side to Park Avenue penthouses and ultimately to City Hall itself.