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   In this captivating portrait, author Michael Shnayerson sets out not to absolve Bugsy Siegel but rather to understand him in all his complexity. Through the 1920s, 1930s, and most of the 1940s, Bugsy Siegel and his longtime partner in crime Meyer Lansky engaged in innumerable acts of violence.

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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.

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   • Author: Michael Shnayerson

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   Jan 1, 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...

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   Buy Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream (Jewish Lives (Yale)), Rough cut edge by Shnayerson, Michael (ISBN: 9780300226195) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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   Apr 23, 2020 · Covering his turbulent career, his celebrity-like status, and his untimely and unsolved death, this biography offers a unique and insightful look at the life and crimes of Ben Siegel. Scroll up and buy now to uncover the story behind one of America’s most infamous mobsters today.

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7. www.economist.com › 25 › bugsy-siegels-life-of-crimeBugsy Siegel’s life of crime - The Economist

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   Mar 25, 2021 · Culture | American gangsters. Bugsy Siegel’s life of crime. He got his start on the Lower East Side—and helped create Las Vegas. Mar 25th 2021. Listen to this story. Bugsy Siegel: The Dark...

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   Is Bugsy Siegel a good book?

   • “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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   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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   What happened to Bugsy Siegel?

   • Through the 1920s, 1930s, and most of the 1940s, Bugsy Siegel and his longtime partner in crime Meyer Lansky engaged in innumerable acts of violence. As World War II came to an end, Siegel saw the potential for a huge, elegant casino resort in the sands of Las Vegas.

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   Is there a movie about Bugsy Siegel?

   • Bugsy is a 1991 American biographical crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel and his relationship with Virginia Hill. It stars Warren Beatty as Siegel and Annette Bening as Hill, as well as Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, and Joe Mantegna.

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   Who is Ben Siegel?

   • Ben Siegel is another story. He was better known (though never to his face) as Bugsy. Born in 1906, he got his start in what was then the teeming shtetl of New York’s Lower East Side. Tough, shrewd, handsome and fearless, he became—along with Sandra Lansky’s father, Meyer—one of the 20th century’s pre-eminent Jewish-American gangsters.

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   What happened at Siegel's funeral?

   • After an inevitable sticky end, Siegel’s funeral was brief and barely attended. He died in debt. Coursing through the book, and perhaps his life, is a recognisably Jewish sort of melancholy.

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2021/02/09 › booksWas Bugsy Siegel the ‘Supreme Gangster’? A Biography Makes ...

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   Feb 9, 2021 · Michael Shnayerson’s “Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream” is a rise-and-fall story of the bootlegger and murderer who practically invented Las Vegas.