Kill the Dutchman!: The Story of Dutch Schultz (Da Capo Paperback) [Paperback]

Paul Sann (Author), Pete Hamill (Introduction)

Book Description

Series: Da Capo Paperback | Publication Date: October 1991

The true story of the gangland execution in 1935 of "Dutch" Schultz, the Beer Baron of the Bronx and king of Harlem's numbers racket. The author shows how the roots of the crime ran from the Lower East side to Park Avenue penthouses and ultimately to City Hall itself.

Product Details

• Paperback: 347 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306804522
• ISBN-13: 978-0306804526
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,427,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book on the Dutchman and His Times, December 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Kill the Dutchman!: The Story of Dutch Schultz (Da Capo Paperback) (Paperback)

This is probably the best book written about crime in the 1920s and 1930s, Dutch Schultz, and his life and times. Author Paul Sann has written a tough and revealing book second to none about this amazing era. A most read for anyone interested in these subjects.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Portrait of a Mobster, June 26, 2002

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Rick "Mad Dog" Mattix (Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kill the Dutchman!: The Story of Dutch Schultz (Da Capo Paperback) (Paperback)

This is one of my favorite gangster bios. Dutch Schultz was one of the most colorful and vicious mobsters of the Prohibition era and Sann's lively, tough prose brings the Dutchman vividly to life. No source notes for the more academic-minded readers but take it from me, it's "on the level" as Arthur Flegenheimer would probably say.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC GANGSTER NOVEL!, August 26, 2006

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J. Gulino "super8monstersdotcom" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kill the Dutchman!: The Story of Dutch Schultz (Da Capo Paperback) (Paperback)

Kill The Dutchman reads like a classic Warner Brothers gangster picture starring James Cagney as Dutch Schultz. It's as if the real-life Arthur Flegenheimer was the proto-type of the ruthless gangster of the silver screen. With a sneer and brazen determination, Dutch Schultz, a man who sometimes spoke in crude criminal prose, emerges as the great anti-hero depicted in William Wellman's 1931 gangster film classic "The Public Enemy" four years before his "poetic" death.