West Side Story

Literature & Fiction

Shulman, Irving

Contemporary

Star

The Square Trap. This is the story of an underage son of a Mexican immigrant worker who sought to settle his score in the boxing ring. Tomas Cantanios or just Tomas to his friends came from a loving family and enjoyed being as much of a kid as any poverty stricken child can in L.A. He was going to win the respect of his family and friends, his peers and his community as "Tommy Kansas", prize fighter, but these dreams were knocked into the world of reality as the starting bell rung and as fists began to fly at him with the fierce intent of survival. Irving Shulman puts you in a ringside seat as TOMMY KANSAS goes into action.

Square Trap (Chicano Heritage Series)

United States

Ayer Co. Pub

Written in the 1960s, at the height of Jackie Kennedys popularity, this book addresses the pressures that American society placed on this strong, vibrant widow. Irving Shulman details Jackies life leading up to and following the death of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, focusing on the despicable and intrusive behavior of the media. Shulman sees Jackie as a victim of tabloid culture and uses her case to express his contempt for the American press.

Jackie!: The Exploitation of a First Lady

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

iUniverse

The Big Brokers is an explosive novel of America's jungle. Here is the story of three New York boys, Mitch, Larry and Bull, who took Las Vegas by storm-and then turned their guns against their bosses' bosses. Authentic and shocking, The Big Brokers exposes the inner workings of the syndicate. It is a masterful chronicle of men and women who choose crime as a way of life.

The Big Brokers

Harlow, An Intimate Biography, is the biography of Jean Harlow, the first of the typically American love goddesses as well as a presentation of the big-studio feudalism of the Thirties and a near sociological consideration of that American phenomenon, the sex symbol devised for mass consumption.

Harlow: An Intimate Biography (Lively Arts)

Humor & Entertainment

The Square Trap

After being released from the Elmira reformatory Mitch (the central character of Cry Tough) has two ways to go. He could return to his family who loved him dearly, find a job and marry the girl who loved him. His other choice is the flashy, dangerous life as a hood with big risks and big rewards- cars, women, rich food and fancy apartments. Would he settle for the security of a job and family or would he take the road from which there was no turning back? In a classic story, Irving Shulman presents the struggle of one man. The allure of his life in the underworld, the sobering reality of his home life, what he really loves, what he really wants and how each element in his fragmented reality draws on him.

Cry Tough

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

West Side Story: A Novelization

Tony and Maria find their love threatened by the hatred of two rival New York street gangs

Demco Media

"Jackie"!: The exploitation of a First Lady

NY Trident 1970

From the silver screen to the Great White Way—one of the greatest stories of all time. They came together through love but violence threatened to tear them apart. Maria was young and innocent and had never known love—until Tony. And he, who had been seeking something beyond the savagery of the streets, discovered it with her. But Maria’s brother was leader of the Sharks and Tony had once led the rival Jets. Now both gangs were claiming the same turf. Tony promised Maria that he would stay out of it. Would he be able to keep his word? Or would their newfound love be destroyed by sudden death?

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West Side Story

Square Trap (Chicano Heritage Series)

Jackie!: The Exploitation of a First Lady

The Big Brokers

Harlow: An Intimate Biography (Lively Arts)

The Square Trap

Cry Tough

West Side Story: A Novelization

"Jackie"!: The exploitation of a First Lady

West Side Story