Paul R. Kavieff

Lepke Buchalter, the only organized crime boss to be executed in the US was one of the most important figures in the history of organized crime.He controlled NYCs Lower East Side garment, banking and flour trucking industries.

The Violent Years, a companion volume to author Paul Kavieff’s best-selling book, The Purple Gang, is the story of Prohibition-era Detroit, a place of tremendous wealth and brutal violence. For those found with new prosperity after World War I ended, it became a status symbol to have one’s own pe...