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A Stone For Danny Fisher is a serious early novel by Harold Robbins that looks at the effect of the Great Depression on a lower-middle class Jewish family.^[1]

20 relations: Alfred A. Knopf, Black market, Boxing, Carolyn Jones, Catholic Church, Coney Island, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, Elvis Presley, Golden Gloves, Great Depression, Hardcover, Harold Robbins, Herbert Baker (screenwriter), Italian Americans, Jews, King Creole, Michael Curtiz, Michael V. Gazzo, Paperback, Walter Matthau.
Novels about boxing
Novels by Harold Robbins

Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. A Stone for Danny Fisher and Alfred A. Knopf are Alfred A. Knopf books.

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Black market

A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is not compliant with an institutional set of rules.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.

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Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Coney Island

Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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East Flatbush, Brooklyn

East Flatbush is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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The Golden Gloves of America is an organization that promotes annual competitions of amateur boxing in the United States, in which winners are awarded a belt and a ring, and the title of national champion.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Hardcover

A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as casebound (At p. 247.)) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Harold Robbins

Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels.

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Herbert Baker (screenwriter)

Herbert Baker (born Herbert Joseph Abrahams; December 25, 1920, New York City – June 30, 1983, Encino, Los Angeles, California) was a songwriter and screenwriter for television and films.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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King Creole

King Creole is a 1958 American musical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins.

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Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz (born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; Kertész Mihály; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history.

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Michael V. Gazzo

Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a movie and television actor.

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Paperback

A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American screen and stage actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Stone_for_Danny_Fisher