Amazing a Jewish crime boss and a woman no less! What a great concept for a book. The Talented Mrs Mandelbaum is that book. Written and throughly researched by Margalit Fox. The extension of that title is The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss.
This was an interesting book teing the story of how Mrs Mandelbaum was able to get away with being a n organized crime boss, who ruled over may men who would bring her products she could mark up and sell. They also would distribute items Mrs Mandelbaum sold and needed delivered.
This all took place at a time in American history when it was much easier to go undetected and get away with crime. Fredericka Mandelbaum came to the US in steerage and set up a haberdashery in the Lower Eastside of New York. She was a mother to four children and was soon widowed. She became a well known philanthropist and well known in high society circles. She was known for being very loyal to the thieves with whom she did business. Wen tey got in trouble she would bail them out and she became friends with them.
She managed her business and was successful for thirty years. It is a fascinating story of how she ruled New York and was also a social butterfly.
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