02033cam a2200301 i 4500 355122093 TxAuBib 20180921120000.0 180321s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018013607 9781250179982 27.99 125017998X 27.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Gross, Andrew, 1952- Button man [BOOK] / Andrew Gross. New York : Minotaur Books, 2018. 371 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Morris, Sol, and Harry Rabishevsky grew up poor and rough in a tiny flat on the Lower East Side, until the death of their father thrust them into having to fend for themselves and support their large family. Morris, the youngest, dropped out of school at twelve years old and apprenticed himself to a garment cutter in a clothing factory; Sol headed to accounting school; but Harry, scarred by a family tragedy, fell in with a gang of thugs as a teenager. Morris steadily climbs through the ranks at the factory until at twenty-one he finally goes out on his own, convincing Sol to come work with him. But Harry can't be lured away from the glamour, the power, and the money that come from his association with Louis Buchalter, whom Morris has battled with since his youth and who has risen to become the most ruthless mobster in New York. And when Buchalter sets his sights on the unions that staff the garment makers' factories, a fatal showdown is inevitable, pitting brother against brother. 20180921. Organized crime New York (State) New York Fiction. Jewish families New York (State) New York Fiction. Clothing trade New York (State) New York Fiction. New York (N.Y) Social life and customs 20th century Fiction. Historical fiction.