Hey, Jewboy.

Description:

Mostly set in the Jewish-American community around Maxwell Street in the 1920s and 1930s, this coming-of-age story is about Sam, orphaned at the age of eleven, whose struggle to survive leads him down a criminal path. The book has much of the flavor of a first-hand account of life on the streets of Chicago prior to WWII.

subjects: Chicago,  1930s,  1920s,  Jewish,  crime

Places: Maxwell Street,  Chicago

Times: 1920s-1930s