01563nam a2200289 i 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020003800062040002500100082001400125100003200139245004100171264004200212264001100254300002400265336002100289337002500310338002300335490003000358520071500388650004001103650003201143650003201175655001301207655002301220830003001243OSt20220102112540.0220102t2019    my     e      000 1 eng d  a9781787582927cRM132.16qhardback  aPPAKbengcPPAKerda04223a813.61 aBromberg, Kenneth,eauthor.10aAMERICAN DREAMS /cKENNETH BROMBERG  1aLondon : bFLAME TREE PRESS, c[2019] 4c©2019  a241 pages ;c23 cm.  2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume1 aFiction Without Frontiers  a"In 1904 Czarist Russia, four-year-old Max witnesses the rape and murder of his mother by Russian soldiers. After the boy's father extracts terrible revenge, father and son escape to New York, a teeming melting pot of immigrants. Max meets a young Polish girl, Sophie, who grows into a stunningly beautiful young woman. The two fall in love but their plans are shattered when Sophie is forced to marry a local crime boss and, once again, Max must watch as the most important person in his life is taken from him. Thus begins Max's ruthless climb to dominance of the New York underworld and Sophie's transformation from a submissive girl to a strong woman who will allow no man determine her fate."--Amazon.com.10aImmigrants y20th century vFiction20aOrganized crime vFiction. 20aForced marriage  vFiction.7 aHistory 7 aHistorical fiction 0aFiction without frontiers