The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra
Gregory A. Fournier
(Author)
Description
The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra is a concise history of one of America's most notorious Prohibition gangs. The Burnstein brothers and their associates were the only Jewish gang in the United States to dominate the rackets of a major American city. From their meteoric rise to the top of Detroit's underworld to their ultimate demise, this is an episodic account of the Purple Gang's corrosive pursuit of power and wealth and their inevitable plunge towards self-destruction.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
Wheatmark
Publish Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
252
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 0.57 inches | 0.71 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781627877145
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About the Author
Gregory A. Fournier received his bachelor and master's degrees from Eastern Michigan University and taught English language arts in Michigan and southern California public schools. He has appeared on the Investigation Discovery Channel as a guest expert on serial killer John Norman Collins for their series "A Crime to Remember" in an episode entitled "A New Kind of Monster." More recently, he was interviewed for CBS's "Through the Decades with Bill Kurtis" discussing the Collins murders and his book, Terror in Ypsilanti. Greg is also the author of Zug Island: A Detroit Riot Novel, and he writes a blog entitled Fornology.com.
