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Meet The Big Apple's Gangsters

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Jeffrey Sussman's book

Jeffrey Sussman's book "Big Apple Gangsters."

Author Jeffrey Sussman.

Author Jeffrey Sussman.

authorStaff Writer on Aug 16, 2022

Jeffrey Sussman, author of the best-selling book, “Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New York,” will speak about the book and sign copies at the East Hampton Library on Saturday, August 20, at 2 p.m. Sussman said that due to the success of the hardback edition of the book, the publisher has just issued a paperback edition.

Sussman is the author of 16 books of non-fiction, in addition to “Big Apple Gangsters,” the most recent include “Holocaust Fighters: Boxers, Resisters, and Avengers” and “Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science.”

East Hampton Library is at 159 Main Street, East Hampton. Visit easthamptonlibrary.org for details.

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