"The rest of us" : the rise of America's eastern European Jews / by Stephen Birmingham.

Includes index

Cont.: 1: Beginnings: 1880-1919 -- Uptown firebrand -- A Jewish Cinderella -- An occupation for gentlemen -- Heroes and heroines -- 2: Getting out: 1920-1950 -- The Jewish lake and other creations -- Fitting in -- Minstrels and minstrelsy -- High rollers -- Little Caesars -- Deals -- War -- At last, a homeland -- Touches of class -- All that money can buy -- 3: Here we are: 1951- -- Crown princes -- Witch-hunting -- "People who are solid" -- From Poland to polo.

The story of the Eastern Eurpean Jews who, between 1882 and 1915, came to New York to escape czarist Russia.