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   Jan 1, 2021 · Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream. Michael Shnayerson. Yale University Press, Jan 1, 2021 - Biography & Autobiography - 226 pages. The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who...

   • 10 The Flamingos First Flight: 143
   • Epilogue: 186

   • 11 Time Runs Out: 163
   • Notes: 189

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   Feb 9, 2021 · This biography of Bugsy Siegel, a mobster of Jewish origin in the 30’s to 50’s traces his rise and fall. He and his gangster associates, often also Jewish, had no qualms about murdering rivals on their way to controlling bootlegging during prohibition and gambling.

   • 3.9/5 (422)
   • Format: Hardcover

   • Author: Michael Shnayerson

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   Feb 9, 2021 · In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill‑gotten riches, from an early‑twentieth‑century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas.

   • 4.2/5 (440)
   • Author: Michael Shnayerson

   • Price: $18.49
   • Brand: Yale University Press

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   Jul 21, 2017 · The photo archives of the Los Angeles Public Library provide a photographic history of Bugsy Siegel’s life in Los Angeles (including its end), giving viewers a glimpse into a life that was as glamorous as it was dangerous.

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   Feb 9, 2021 · When, in the book’s concluding moments, Shnayerson reports that Siegel, age 41, was shot to death one June evening in 1947 while sitting quietly in the living room of a Beverly Hills home,...

   • Author: Jenna Weissman Joselit

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   In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill-gotten riches, from an early-twentieth-century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas.

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   Who was Bugsy Siegel?

   • In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill‑gotten riches, from an early‑twentieth‑century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas.

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   • “A wonderful exploration of the dark side of the American dream via Bugsy Siegel, the personification of the dark side and the dream. Just as stylish as Bugsy himself. A fabulous book.”—Rich Cohen, author of Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams

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   Where did Bugsy Siegel die?

   • An earlier version of this review referred incorrectly to the Beverly Hills residence where Bugsy Siegel was killed. It was the home of his longtime girlfriend, Virginia Hill; it was not Siegel’s home. Jenna Weissman Joselit is the Charles E. Smith professor of Judaic studies and professor of history at George Washington University.

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   Was 'Bugsy' Siegel a mob hit?

   • Herald-Examiner Collection, photo of Abe 'Kid Twist' Reles dated August 20, 1940 It was widely speculated that the killing of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (and Siegel hated to be called “Bugsy”) was a mob hit, carried out when Mafia bosses became fed up with the runaway construction costs and slow profits of the Flamingo Hotel.

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   Who killed Bugsy Siegel?

   • Seventy years on, the murder case of Bugsy Siegel remains unsolved. While there were theories and suspects and questioning, no person or persons were ever charged with the killing. Siegel’s body went to the coroner and he was then buried in a silver-plated casket in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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   What happened to Smiley & Siegel?

   • An unknown assailant wielding an M-1 carbine had fired point blank at the couch. Smiley took three bullets through the sleeve of his jacket, while Siegel took many more bullets, including two to the head. Smiley lived and became an oilman in Houston. Siegel died immediately. The assailant disappeared into the night. The crime was never solved.

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   Feb 9, 2021 · In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill‑gotten riches, from an early‑twentieth‑century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas.