Margalit Fox
Teoksen The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tekijä
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Margalit Fox is a reporter for The New York Times. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in linguistics from Stony Brook University and a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1961-04-25
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Glen Cove, New York, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Koulutus
- Columbia University (MA - Journalism)
State University of New York at Stony Brook (BA - Linguistics, MA - Linguistics) - Ammatit
- reporter
- Suhteet
- Robinson, George (husband)
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- 6
- Jäseniä
- 1,421
- Suosituimmuussija
- #18,109
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 4.0
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- 67
- ISBN:t
- 40
- Kielet
- 4
Criminals stole goods and fenced them, and then they were sold at discount. The public was happy, and the criminal organization was very happy.
One of the most successful criminal operations was run by Mrs. Fredericka Mandelbaum in whose drawing room could be found the wealthy and priviledged class. She was a remarkable woman, beloved by her family, a philanthropist, involved in her synagogue; a successful business woman and crime boss with a loyal cadre of thieves who called her ‘Marm’–mother.
Margalit Fox takes readers deep into Marm Mandelbaum’s life and world, from her specially designed shopfront with hidden rooms for stolen goods to her luxurious black silk dresses dripping with diamonds. It took decades, but the Pinkertons finally introduced a mole into her operation to get evidence of wrongdoing. Then, she fled and lived for decades in Canada!
A large, imposing woman, characterized in cartoons and newspaper illustrations with grotesque Jewish characteristics, her intelligence must have been remarkable. As a German immigrant in the late 19th c. her options for providing for her family was limited. But I can imagine that had she been a man, she could have been anything–perhaps a tycoon of industry, a Pinkerton detective, or a political boss.
True crime lovers will relish this biography of a forgotten, once infamous, crime boss.
Thanks to the publisher for a free book.… (lisätietoja)