Mobs & Mayhem
The Golden Age of Crime
in Philadelphia
Between 1882 and 1922 over a million mostly poor immigrants settled in Philadelphia, and many turned to the streets for survival. Fred Lavner takes you back in time to meet the gangs and learn about the mayhem that reigned down on the city for almost 100 years.
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Four brothers. One big happy family. Living the idyllic American dream by the beach in beautiful Margate City, New Jersey. What happened to the Sinderbrand boys when they became men should never have happened.
In this extraordinary memoir, Rick Sinderbrand recounts a tale about deceit, duplicity, greed, tragic loss, silence and ultimately the truth of how the once close Sinderbrands were fractured by a big lie. In their case, time has been a tough wound to heal.
A visit to Atlantic City you'll never forget.
A vivid tale of survival in Atlantic City for a family that tried to make a go of it as hotel owners during the downfall of the once great resort.
As a daughter of Holocaust survivors, Molly Golubcow had a from row seat to the unseemly characters that were in and out of her parents’ off the boardwalk hotel on a daily basis. The pimps, runaways, con artists and crooks were anything but a fine welcome to America.
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