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Stephanie St. Clair (December 24, 1897 in Martinique, French Caribbean [1] – December 1969) was a racketeer who ran numerous enterprises in Harlem, New York in the early 20th century. [2] St. Clair resisted the Mafia 's interests for several years after Prohibition ended; she became a local legend for her public denunciations of corrupt ...
Stephanie "Queenie" St. Clair (1886–1969), natural causes; Johnny Torrio (1882–1957), natural causes; Dutch Voight (1888–1986), natural causes;
Johnson became an associate and enforcer for numbers queen Madame Stephanie St. Clair. [4] In the 1930s, he quickly climbed the ranks to become her most trusted soldier. St. Clair incited a war with her rival, Jewish mob boss Dutch Schultz, for control of Harlem's rackets. The war resulted in more than 40 murders and several kidnappings and ...
Half a decade has elapsed since the book’s publication, meaning that Queenie and her mid-twenties pals have now been rewritten as members of Gen Z. There are nods to the 2020s setting: her young ...
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Introduced in rough order of the book in which they first appear. Clarence MacAndrew Chugwater, a Boy Scout, hero of The Swoop; Roland Bleke, hero of the A Man of Means shorts, a young man who finds money brings trouble; James Willoughby Pitt, the hero of A Gentleman of Leisure (U.S. title: The Intrusion of Jimmy)
Candice Carty-Williams (born 21 July 1989) [1] is a British writer, best known for her 2019 debut novel, Queenie. [2] She has written for publications including The Guardian, i-D, Vogue, The Sunday Times, BEAT Magazine, and Black Ballad, [3] and is a contributor to the anthology New Daughters of Africa (2019), edited by Margaret Busby.
Stephanie learns, for the first time, the location of Ranger's office and residence, which is a closely guarded secret in the previous books. Sally Sweet reappears after his introduction in " Four to Score ", and, because of his extensive knowledge about women's clothing, is hired by the Plum family as Valerie's wedding planner.