Böcker av David Pietrusza

Award-Winning, Veteran Author: Pietrusza’s books on American history include the Edgar Award Finalist Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series and 1920: The Year of Six Presidents. Critics have compared Pietrusza’s work to that of David McCullough, Theodore S. White, H. L. Mencken, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Gene Fowler.Frequent Media Appearances: He is a frequent guest and talking head about American history on NPR, MSNBC, The History Channel, C-SPAN and more. He has also appeared on Good Morning America, Morning Joe, The Voice of America, ESPN, and AMC.Site-by-Site Walking Tour of Infamous Roaring '20s Manhattan: GANGSTERLAND takes the reader on a journey—street by street, block by block, building by building—through some of the deadliest and juiciest gangster crimes of 1920s Times Square and Upper West Side.Ideal NYC Gift Book: GANGSTERLAND will fit nicely on any Barnes & Noble or Indie NYC display. Perfect for visitors, NYC history buffs, or mafia history enthusiasts.Hundreds of Gangster Tales: Filled with the era’s most fascinating murders and mayhem, like Arnold Rothstein’s storied nights at Lindy’s Restaurant, and his mysterious murder on a dreary Sunday evening in a conference room in Park Central Hotel.Recurring Cast of Characters: In addition to notorious kingpin Arnold Rothstein, Pietrusza introduces wild characters like con artists Nicky Arnstein, Wilson Mizner, and “Dapper Don” Collins; Crooked cops like the NYPD’s Lt. Charles Becker; Baseball’s John J. “Mugsy” McGraw, New York Giants owner Charles A. Stoneham, Giants outfielder Benny Kauff, and the 1919 Black Sox; Politicians “Gentleman Jimmy” Walker, “Big Tim” Sullivan, “Little Tim” Sullivan, Fiorello “The Little Flower” La Guardia, and James J. Hines; and many more.75-100 vintage B&W photographs, advertisements, and sketches

By acclaimed historian David Pietrusza (Rothstein, 1920, 1960, and 1948), the dazzling series of events and amazing cast of characters that comprised the simultaneous rise of Hitler's Third Reich and FDR's New Deal in 1932, thus setting the stage for World War II. During that year, two Depression-battered and humbled nations confronted destiny.

A colourful biography that brings to life the seedy underworld denizens of jazz-age New York City and its unrivaled kingpin, the model for Damon Runyon's Nathan DetroitProves Arnold Rothstein- perhaps the most influential of American criminals- was the mastermind behind the 1919 Black Sox scandal, despite his small role in EIGHT MEN OUT