Jack Ruby
Written By Danny Fingeroth
Published by Independent Publishers Group/Chicago Review Press
Release Date November 21, 2023

This is a story about Jack Ruby. Jack was somewhat of a complicated man who is well known for one thing, he killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot JFK. There is a lot to learn about Ruby’s life and how it was speculated that he had two different types of loyalty. One to the Mob and one to the police and FBI. This is a well toldstory that the author researched with precision.

Ruby was born to a Jewish family that in poverty lived in Chicago’s ghetto part of town. He did not have any friends and was not known to be smart, yet he was able to start several different ventures where he could make money. They were either legal or illegal but nonetheless Ruby could be known as competent in those ventures. The book has interviews with people who knew Ruby and what he was capable of. This book is based on true events that share with the reader the qualities of a murderer.

5 stars

Thank you to the author and publisher as well as NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my unbiased and honest review.

Jack Ruby is a historical figure that is well known for eliminating JFK's killer - but what is known about him In Jack Ruby written by by Danny Fingeroth we see who exactly Jack Ruby was. This book is well researched and carefully written to bring Ruby to life. Ruby was a lower level gangster who owned a strip club. He also grew up in poverty in Chicago. He was also a Jewish American - and had to overcome a lot of anti-Semitism in his life.

The author takes a look at not only his upbringing, but looks at an interview with Rabbi Hillel Silverman, the legendary Dallas clergyman who visited Ruby regularly in prison. This book is perfect for any history lover. I especially loved learning who Jack Ruby was. In school, you are just taught that he is the man that killed Lee Harvey Oswald.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read a copy of this book - all thoughts are my own.

Jack Ruby changed history by killing Lee Harvey Oswald on live tv two days after the November 22, 1963 murder of John F. Kennedy. I was actually watching tv that day with my father and saw him pop out in front and shoot Oswald. They showed Oswald as they were in a hallway bringing him to another area of the Dallas police station. Who was Jack Ruby and how did he come to be in that spot on that day? The book states that he was known by the police and a friend of the police so he probably had someone he knew let him in a side door.. He was a crazy person who wanted to make a name for himself. He was a friend of the mobsters and ran a nightclub with strippers. He was also known to be a friend of the FBI and ran numerous legal and illegal smuggling of arms and vehicles to both sides in the Cuban revolution. As he shot Oswald he yelled, "You know me! I'm Jack Ruby!' He was tried in Dallas and convicted of murder and ready to die for the murder. But he was re-tried in Wichita Falls, Kansas but he died from pneumonia, circulatory disease and cancer on January 3, 1967. There is much talk about a conspiracy in the murder of Kennedy but nothing yet has come from The National Archives. In December 2022 they noted that numerous documents relating to Kennedy's and Oswald's killings are too sensitive to be seen. There are those who believe that the government will forever hold back any documents that would reveal the "actual truth". If you like true crime then you would love to read this book.

I have read a lot about Ruby over the years. This is one of the best, the most penetrating books about subject yet.