{"product_id":"9780983366331","title":"The Polish Gang: Detroit 1929","description":"5 Star Amazon Review! July 21, 2013 - by\u003cbr\u003eDale Malisiak\u003cp\u003eBeing of Polish ancestry, I was drawn to this book. Being a fan of gangster films, books didn't hurt either. I wasn't disappointed.\u003cbr\u003ePolish -vs- Italian gangsters. Interesting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing THE POLISH GANG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must have in any library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic in the making,The Polish Gang delivers from laugh to bullet. A must read for American history buffs, action adventure hounds and love story fans! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Polish Gang takes you deep into the heart of the Roaring Twenties. It violently shakes your emotions with both good and evil characters. Often lighthearted, yet tenderly thoughtful, Karl J. Niemiec clearly captures a Runyonesque sense of humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack Cover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the grips of the \"Roaring Twenties\" Detroit was wide open to bootleggers and murderers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDollars by the fistful were for the taking by anyone strong, cunning and murderous enough to chance dying for them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA city in a stupor, gone mad with drink, where blood ran at the drop of rum, Detroit became a civilization taken over by strong-armed gang members. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring this time of social unrest, at the very height of prohibition, there existed - now only in old-timers' porch swing tales that grow mysteriously dim as time slips by - a small band of young men known as The Polish Gang. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust what happened to The Polish Gang? Where did they go? And why do so few people remember? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why, in a time of such profound documentation and national scrutiny of one city is there but one small newsprint article hinting about this elusive band of young men? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese mysteries and more are answered in The Polish Gang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside Flap:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough this story is a complete work of fiction loosely based on my grandfather's family, the naked girl in the back seat of my pop's convertible on the front lawn of Michal's Bar was not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a 'what if' she was promised to someone else - a love story set in 1929 Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the antics of my pop, Bronislaus Niemiec.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LapTopPublishing.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013878890736,"sku":"9780983366331","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983366331_p0.jpg?v=1763880412","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983366331","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}