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Jack Ruby changed history with one bold, violent action: killing accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV two days after the November 22, 1963, murder of President John F. Kennedy. But who was Jack Ruby--and how did he come to be in that spot on that day? As we approach the sixtieth anniversaries of the murders of Kennedy and Oswald, Jack Ruby's motives are as maddeningly ambiguous today as they were the day that he pulled the trigger. The fascinating yet frustrating thing about Ruby is that there is evidence to paint him as at least two different people. Much of his life story points to him as bumbling, vain, violent, and neurotic--a product of the grinding poverty of Chicago's Jewish ghetto, a man barely able to make a living or sustain a relationship with anyone besides his dogs. By the same token, evidence exists of Jack Ruby as cagey and competent, perhaps not a mastermind, but a useful pawn of the Mob and of the police and the FBI--someone capable of running numerous legal, illegal, and semi-legal enterprises, of acting as a middleman in bribery schemes. Cultural historian Danny Fingeroth's research includes an in-depth interview with Rabbi Hillel Silverman, the clergyman who visited Ruby regularly in prison. His findings will catapult you into a trip through a house of historical mirrors. At its end, perhaps Jack Ruby's assault on history will begin to make sense. And perhaps we will understand how Oswald's assassin led us to the world we live in today.

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Danny Fingeroth is a cultural historian and commentator who specializes in the intersection of Jewish and American cultures. The author of several books, including the acclaimed biography of Stan Lee, A Marvelous Life, he has spoken at venues such as the Smithsonian Institution, been featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's All Things Considered, and written commentaries for publications including The Wall Street Journal. He lives in New York City, where he was born and raised. Danny Fingeroth is a cultural historian and commentator who specializes in the intersection of Jewish and American cultures. The author of several books, including the acclaimed biography of Stan Lee, A Marvelous Life, he has spoken at venues such as the Smithsonian Institution, been featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's All Things Considered, and written commentaries for publications including The Wall Street Journal. He lives in New York City, where he was born and raised.

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