Paul R Kavieff: 3 books

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 personal...

Detroit�s Infamous Purple Gang is a photographic history of one of the most notorious organized crime groups of the 20th century. The photographs chronologically follow the evolution of the Purples from their days as a juvenile street gang through their rise to power and eventual self-destruction....

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.