This E.L. Doctorow title character joins Dutch Schultz's gang as a 15-year-old in 1930s New York City
.... At 10:15 p.m. on October 23, 1935, Dutch Schultz was shot at the 
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from a 15-year old loner on street corners to mascot of the Dutch Schultz gang, ... 
Billy, trying to find himself while growing up in a poor neighborhood in New York.