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Street corner dreams : a novel / Florence Reiss Kraut.
Van Pelt Library PS3611.R386 S77 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kraut, Florence Reiss, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New York (State)--New York.
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Immigrants.
- Jewish families--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Jewish families.
- Gangs--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Gangs.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Gangster fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 309 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Just before WWI, Golda comes to America yearning for independence, but she tosses aside her dreams of freedom and marries her widowed brother-in-law after her sister dies giving birth to their son, Morty. In the crowded streets of Brooklyn where Jewish and Italian gangs demand protection money from local storekeepers and entice youngsters with the promise of wealth, Golda, Ben, and Morty thrive as a family. But in the Depression, Ben, faced with financial ruin, makes a dangerous, life-altering choice. Morty tries to save his father by getting help from a gangster friend but the situation only worsens. Forced to desert his family and the woman he loves in order to survive, Morty is desperate to go home. Will he ever find a safe way back? Or has his involvement with the gang sealed his fate?"-- Amazon.com.
- ISBN:
- 9781647425913
- 1647425913
- OCLC:
- 1360310331
- Publisher Number:
- 90100467051
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