Author: Charles Drage
Publisher: New York, Funk & Wagnalls
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers of fortune
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This biography of Morris Cohen describes his experiences during two world wars, his career in China as an aide and bodyguard to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his work with Sun Fo, Chiang Kai-shek, and Li Chai-sum, and his detention in a Japanese concentration camp after the fall of Hong Kong.
The Life and Times of General Two-Gun Cohen
Author: Charles Drage
Publisher: New York, Funk & Wagnalls
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers of fortune
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This biography of Morris Cohen describes his experiences during two world wars, his career in China as an aide and bodyguard to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his work with Sun Fo, Chiang Kai-shek, and Li Chai-sum, and his detention in a Japanese concentration camp after the fall of Hong Kong.
Publisher: New York, Funk & Wagnalls
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers of fortune
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This biography of Morris Cohen describes his experiences during two world wars, his career in China as an aide and bodyguard to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his work with Sun Fo, Chiang Kai-shek, and Li Chai-sum, and his detention in a Japanese concentration camp after the fall of Hong Kong.
Two-Gun Cohen
Author: Daniel S. Levy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312309312
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312309312
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Life and Times of General Two-Gun Cohen
Author: Charles Drage
Publisher: New York, Funk & Wagnalls
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers of fortune
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This biography of Morris Cohen describes his experiences during two world wars, his career in China as an aide and bodyguard to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his work with Sun Fo, Chiang Kai-shek, and Li Chai-sum, and his detention in a Japanese concentration camp after the fall of Hong Kong.
Publisher: New York, Funk & Wagnalls
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers of fortune
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This biography of Morris Cohen describes his experiences during two world wars, his career in China as an aide and bodyguard to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his work with Sun Fo, Chiang Kai-shek, and Li Chai-sum, and his detention in a Japanese concentration camp after the fall of Hong Kong.
Tough Jews
Author: Rich Cohen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439142505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Award-winning writer Rich Cohen excavates the real stories behind the legend of infamous criminal enforcers Murder, Inc. and contemplates the question: Where did the tough Jews go? In 1930s Brooklyn, there lived a breed of men who now exist only in legend and in the memories of a few old-timers: Jewish gangsters, fearless thugs with nicknames like Kid Twist Reles and Pittsburgh Phil Strauss. Growing up in Brownsville, they made their way from street fights to underworld power, becoming the execution squad for a national crime syndicate. Murder Inc. did for organized crime what Henry Ford did for the automobile, and Tough Jews is the first in-depth portrait of these men, a thrilling glimpse at the muscle that made possible the success of gangster statesmen such as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, and Lucky Luciano. For Rich Cohen, who grew up in suburban Illinois in the 1980s taunted by the stereotype of Jews as book-reading rule followers, the very idea of the Jewish gangster was a relief; for once, a Jew in jail did not have to be a white collar criminal. With a clear eye and a comic sensibility, Cohen looks beyond the blood and ultimately encounters each of these ruthless killers’ matzo-ball heart. Tough Jews shows what can happen when a member of the tribe combines brains, heart, and a dangerous determination never to back down.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439142505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Award-winning writer Rich Cohen excavates the real stories behind the legend of infamous criminal enforcers Murder, Inc. and contemplates the question: Where did the tough Jews go? In 1930s Brooklyn, there lived a breed of men who now exist only in legend and in the memories of a few old-timers: Jewish gangsters, fearless thugs with nicknames like Kid Twist Reles and Pittsburgh Phil Strauss. Growing up in Brownsville, they made their way from street fights to underworld power, becoming the execution squad for a national crime syndicate. Murder Inc. did for organized crime what Henry Ford did for the automobile, and Tough Jews is the first in-depth portrait of these men, a thrilling glimpse at the muscle that made possible the success of gangster statesmen such as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, and Lucky Luciano. For Rich Cohen, who grew up in suburban Illinois in the 1980s taunted by the stereotype of Jews as book-reading rule followers, the very idea of the Jewish gangster was a relief; for once, a Jew in jail did not have to be a white collar criminal. With a clear eye and a comic sensibility, Cohen looks beyond the blood and ultimately encounters each of these ruthless killers’ matzo-ball heart. Tough Jews shows what can happen when a member of the tribe combines brains, heart, and a dangerous determination never to back down.
Two-Gun Cohen
Author: Daniel Saul Levy
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312156817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Presents a portrait of the British petty thief and con artist who became a general in Nationalist China
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312156817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Presents a portrait of the British petty thief and con artist who became a general in Nationalist China
Manhattan Phoenix
Author: Daniel S. Levy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195382374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Shows vividly how the Great Fire of 1835, which nearly leveled Manhattan also created the ashes from which the city was reborn.In 1835, a merchant named Gabriel Disosway marveled at a great fire enveloping New York, commenting on how it "spread more and more vividly from the fiery arena, rendering every object, far and wide, minutely discernible - the lower bay and its Islands, with the shores of Long Island and NewJersey." The fire Disosway witnessed devastated a large swath of lower Manhattan, clearing roughly the same number of acres as the World Trade Center bombing, Manhattan Phoenix explores the emergence of modern New York after it emerged from the devastating fire of 1835 - a catastrophe that revealedhow truly unprepared and haphazardly organized it was - to become a world-class city merely a quarter of a century later. The one led to other. New York effectively had to start over.Daniel Levy's book charts Manhattan's almost miraculous growth while interweaving the lives of various New Yorkers who took part in the city's transformation. Some are well known, such as the land baron John Jacob Astor and Mayor Fernando Wood. Others less so, as with the African-American oystermanThomas Downing and the Bowery Theatre impresario Thomas Hamblin. The book celebrates Fire Chief James Gulick who battled the blaze, and celebrates the work of the architect Alexander Jackson Davis who built marble palaces for the rich. It chronicles the career of the merchant Alexander Stewart whoconstructed the first department store, follows the struggles of the abolitionist Arthur Tappan, and records of the efforts of the engineer John Bloomfield Jervis who brought clean water into homes. And this resurgence owed so much to the visionaries, such as Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux,who designed Central Park, creating a refuge that it remains to this day.Manhattan Phoenix reveals a city first in flames and then in flux but resolute in its determination to emerge as one of the world's greatest metropolises.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195382374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Shows vividly how the Great Fire of 1835, which nearly leveled Manhattan also created the ashes from which the city was reborn.In 1835, a merchant named Gabriel Disosway marveled at a great fire enveloping New York, commenting on how it "spread more and more vividly from the fiery arena, rendering every object, far and wide, minutely discernible - the lower bay and its Islands, with the shores of Long Island and NewJersey." The fire Disosway witnessed devastated a large swath of lower Manhattan, clearing roughly the same number of acres as the World Trade Center bombing, Manhattan Phoenix explores the emergence of modern New York after it emerged from the devastating fire of 1835 - a catastrophe that revealedhow truly unprepared and haphazardly organized it was - to become a world-class city merely a quarter of a century later. The one led to other. New York effectively had to start over.Daniel Levy's book charts Manhattan's almost miraculous growth while interweaving the lives of various New Yorkers who took part in the city's transformation. Some are well known, such as the land baron John Jacob Astor and Mayor Fernando Wood. Others less so, as with the African-American oystermanThomas Downing and the Bowery Theatre impresario Thomas Hamblin. The book celebrates Fire Chief James Gulick who battled the blaze, and celebrates the work of the architect Alexander Jackson Davis who built marble palaces for the rich. It chronicles the career of the merchant Alexander Stewart whoconstructed the first department store, follows the struggles of the abolitionist Arthur Tappan, and records of the efforts of the engineer John Bloomfield Jervis who brought clean water into homes. And this resurgence owed so much to the visionaries, such as Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux,who designed Central Park, creating a refuge that it remains to this day.Manhattan Phoenix reveals a city first in flames and then in flux but resolute in its determination to emerge as one of the world's greatest metropolises.
Jonah Hex, Two-gun Mojo
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Publisher: Vertigo
ISBN: 9781563891625
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Graphic novel.
Publisher: Vertigo
ISBN: 9781563891625
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Graphic novel.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Author: Crystal Zevon
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061744999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind a rich catalog of dark, witty rock 'n' roll classics, including "Lawyers, Guns and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left behind a fanatical cult following and veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, genius, and epic bad behavior. As Warren once said, "I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did." Narrated by his former wife and longtime co-conspirator, Crystal Zevon, this intimate and unusual oral history draws on interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, Bonnie Raitt, and numerous others who fell under Warren's mischievous spell. Told in the words and images of the friends, lovers, and legends who knew him best, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead captures Warren Zevon in all his turbulent glory.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061744999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind a rich catalog of dark, witty rock 'n' roll classics, including "Lawyers, Guns and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left behind a fanatical cult following and veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, genius, and epic bad behavior. As Warren once said, "I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did." Narrated by his former wife and longtime co-conspirator, Crystal Zevon, this intimate and unusual oral history draws on interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, Bonnie Raitt, and numerous others who fell under Warren's mischievous spell. Told in the words and images of the friends, lovers, and legends who knew him best, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead captures Warren Zevon in all his turbulent glory.
Light from Distant Stars
Author: Shawn Smucker
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 1493417738
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
When Cohen Marah steps over his father's body in the basement embalming room of the family's funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory. As the last one to see his father, Cohen is the primary suspect. Over the next week, Cohen's childhood memories come back in living color. The dramatic events that led to his father being asked to leave his pastoral position. The game of baseball that somehow kept them together. And the two children in the forest who became his friends--and enlisted him in a dark and dangerous undertaking. As the lines blur between what was real and what was imaginary, Cohen is faced with the question he's been avoiding: Did he kill his father? In Light from Distant Stars, master story weaver Shawn Smucker relays a tale both eerie and enchanting, one that will have you questioning reality and reaching out for what is true, good, and genuine.
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 1493417738
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
When Cohen Marah steps over his father's body in the basement embalming room of the family's funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory. As the last one to see his father, Cohen is the primary suspect. Over the next week, Cohen's childhood memories come back in living color. The dramatic events that led to his father being asked to leave his pastoral position. The game of baseball that somehow kept them together. And the two children in the forest who became his friends--and enlisted him in a dark and dangerous undertaking. As the lines blur between what was real and what was imaginary, Cohen is faced with the question he's been avoiding: Did he kill his father? In Light from Distant Stars, master story weaver Shawn Smucker relays a tale both eerie and enchanting, one that will have you questioning reality and reaching out for what is true, good, and genuine.
The Teachings of Sun Yat-sen
Author: Yat-sen Sun
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description