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By Homel, David2014., Cormorant Books Inc Call No: QWF Fic Hom Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: For Bluma Goldberg, the teenaged daughter of a Jewish bootlegger, Prohibition-era Chicago is the furthest place one can get from law and temperance. Her first steps into womanhood are made all the more uncertain by the dangers of her father's shadowy world. Decades later, her loving son, Bobby Krueger - a man coming off his own share of emotional turmoil - remains mystified by the person he's known all his life. Who is she really? Fighting through Bluma's stubborn refusals to cooperate, Bobby pieces together her memories in order to understand the story of the most interesting woman he has ever known. In The Fledglings, David Homel summons complex personalities and weaves them into a vividly-reconstructed historical landscape, taking readers on a fascinating journey into the inner thoughts and intricate relationships of a remarkable character.
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[2013], Warner Bros. Call No: DVD Fic Great G (2013) Edition: Two-disc special edition; widescreen edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A would-be writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits.
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2010., Scribner Call No: 363.4 O41l Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Okrent explores the origins, implementation, and failure of that great American delusion known as Prohibition. "Last Call" explains how Prohibition happened, what life under it was like, and what it did to the country.
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2003, p1990., Adult, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Miller's Edition: Widescreen edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The control of the gangster-political boss of an eastern city is slipping. The situation is complicated by a woman. Both the boss and his trusted lieutenant are in love with her.