Karlen, Neal.
Saint Paul : Borealis Books, [2013]
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index.
• Augie Ratner, the proprietor of Augie’s Theater Lounge & Bar on Hennepin Avenue, was the unofficial mayor of Minneapolis’s downtown strip in the 1940s and 1950s. In a few blocks between the swanky clubs and restaurants on Eighth Street and the sleazy flophouses and bars of the Gateway District, the city’s shakers-and-movers and shake-down artists mingled.
• Augie’s secrets — Not bad, not bad — Hennepin Avenue — The bad old days — Kid Cann — The Minneapolis line — Davie Berman — Live at Augie’s theatre lounge — Ink — Whatever happened to Isadore Blumenfeld? — The fall of Minneapolis — Acknowledgments — Notes — Bibliography — Index.

Subjects:

• Gangsters — Minnesota — Minneapolis.
• Organized crime — Minnesota — Minneapolis.
• Jewish boxers — Minnesota — Minneapolis.

Requested by Wittenbreer, B