As a writer and political activist in early-twentieth-century America, Michael G
old was an important presence on the American cultural scene for more than three
decades. Beginning in the 1920s his was a powerful journalistic voice for socia
l change and human rights, and Jews Without Money--the author's only novel--is a
passionate record of the times. First published in 1930, this fictionalized aut
obiography offered an unusually candid look at the thieves, gangsters, and ordin
ary citizens who struggled against brutal odds in lower East Side Manhattan.
