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The talented Mrs. Mandelbaum : the rise and fall of an American organized-crime boss / by Fox, Margalit,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1850, Fredericka Mandelbaum emigrated to New York from Germany and worked as a rag peddler on the streets of the Lower East Side. By the 1870s she was a widow with four children, a popular society hostess, and a philanthropist. What enabled a woman on the margins of nineteenth-century American life to ascend from tenement poverty to immense wealth? In the intervening years, Mrs. Mandelbaum had become the country's most notorious "fence" -- a receiver of stolen goods and a successful criminal mastermind. By the mid-1880s as much as 10 million dollars worth of purloined property (the equivalent of nearly 300 million dollars in today's money) had passed through her little haberdashery shop. She planned, financed, and profited from robberies of cash, gold, and diamonds throughout New York and beyond. But she wasn't just a successful crook, she was a visionary. Called "the nucleus and center of the whole organization of crime in New York City" by the New York Times, Mandelbaum was the first person in American history to systemize formerly scattershot property crime enterprises. Handpicking a cadre of New York's foremost bank robbers, housebreakers, and shoplifters and bribing a corresponding group of the city's police and politicians, she handled logistics and organized supply chains -- turning theft into a proper, scaled business"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Mandelbaum, Fredericka, 1825-1894.; Criminals; Organized crime; Receiving stolen goods;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fall / by Fox, Candice.;
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Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Archer, Eden (Fictitious character); Bennett, Frank (Fictitious character); Police;
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The cookie book of colors / by Fox, Holly.;
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Subjects: Colors;
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Economics demystified / by Fox, Melanie.; Dodge, Eric R.;
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Subjects: Economics; Economics.;
© c2012., McGraw-Hill,
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The cat, the dog, Little Red, the exploding eggs, the wolf, and Grandma / by Fox, Diane.; Fox, Christyan.; Fox, Diane.Cat, the dog, Little Red, the exploding eggs, the wolf and Grandma's wardrobe.;
Cat tries to read the story of Little Red Riding Hood aloud, but Dog keeps interrupting with silly questions.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Cats; Dogs; Books and reading; Characters and characteristics in literature; Humorous stories.;
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Meet the pals / by Fox, Jennifer.;
Word count: 298, Guided reading level: J, Number of dolch sight words 62.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Radio and television novels.; Best friends; Horses;
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Meet Nyx the scout fairy / by Fox, Jennifer.; Disney Storybook Artists.;
Word count 283, Guided reading level J, Number of Dolch sight words 56.LSC
Subjects: Movie novels.; Adventure fiction.; Disney fairies (Fictitious characters); Never-Never Land (Imaginary place); Friendship; Animals, Mythical;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Meet Fawn the animal-talent fairy / by Fox, Jennifer.; Disney Storybook Artists.;
Word count 306, Guided reading level J, Number of Dolch sight words 70.LSC
Subjects: Movie novels.; Adventure fiction.; Disney fairies (Fictitious characters); Never-Never Land (Imaginary place); Friendship; Animals, Mythical;
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Spirit Riding Free: Fall 2019 Reader / [pbk.] by Fox, Jennifer ;
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© 2019, Little, Brown Books for Young Read,
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Northland : a 4,000-mile journey along America's forgotten border / by Fox, Porter,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Fox, Porter;
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