Bugsy Siegel and the Postwar Boom (Notorious Americans and Their Times)
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1567112242 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
kids book Petra this book is decent, but it's something i would have read in the 7th grade. its informative, if your not already familiar with siegel's story, no new info. i still would have bought it, but i should have gone the used routeonly three, very common pictures, of mr siegel.
By the 1860s, he was controlling a Tammany Hall network of graft and corruption that generated, by some estimates, up to 200 million dollars.. By 1857, William Marcy "Boss" Tweed was emerging as one of America's most powerful political figures
Moore, Schenectady County Public Library, NYCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. From School Library JournalGr 5-9-The saga of this notorious criminal is told against a backdrop of U.S. Also, there are some errors and inconsistencies. history from the turn of the century through the 1940s. However, in this abbreviated biography, many of Siegel's violent acts are prettified or ignored. Otfinoski's account is readable and interesting, and is illustrated with well-chosen, black-and-white photographs. Others, such as the California internment camps, do not, and their inclusion disrupts and distracts from the book's narrative flow.-Ann W. At least half the book consists of information on topics such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the Stock Market Crash, and the Cold War. Some have a clear connection to Sie